She looked strange when she was a child, but she grew up to be a beautiful woman.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

She grew up studying and memorizing literary works which taught about history, religion and philosophy.

VOA: special.2011.02.16

Born in the United States, she grew up in Africa and Australia with her family.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

Satira Streeter says she grew up in a community like Anacostia.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

She grew up in a safe and wealthy environment.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

She grew up in a very restrictive religious community.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

But she says she grew up around poetry.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

She grew up surrounded by poverty.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

She grew up in Dallas,Texas.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

That message resonated with her as she grew up in the tumultuous political climate of the 1960s.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

She grew up near Denver,Colorado, listening to recordings by John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan and Charlie Parker.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

She was born in London to Pakistani parents but grew up in New York City where she still lives.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

She is also a Cherokee who grew up in Oklahoma.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

we are human beings,'". Khalaf says that before working on this book, she never thought much about the death penalty, but she was deeply touched by reading the stories of men who often grew up in broken homes and who,as one inmate says, "became lost souls as children."

VOA: standard.2009.10.21