"My background is a teacher. I taught young adults from, say,age eleven through thirteen for about fifteen years.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

"More than 2 decades ago, I arrived in Illinois as a young man eager to do my part in building a better America.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

One visitor,a former Navy man,once said: "The only good thing about my fighting in the war was that I was too young to be terrified."

VOA: special.2009.05.25

or "my son." as a young boy in San Antonio,Texas.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

And I also would say my personal reaction was one of disgust at the exploitation of this young man,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

"I don't have to be concerned about the young dealers and gang-bangers coming in my house, because I believe now that they think twice."

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

I wrote this son, my father and I wrote this song, for the acid victims of Kandahar City -- a few young girls who were trying to make their way home from school when they got attacked by acid.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08