The artist carved her flowing clothing with such detail it is hard to believe she is made of stone.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

She collected the work of the great ancient painters, but also worked hard to support modern artists beginning their careers.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

Farrah Fawcett spent much of her career working hard to prove that she was more than just a pretty face.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

It was for the way she looked, not for how good she was or how hard she worked.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

She says she wants the students to know that even when facing hard times, they can succeed.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

By the time she was seventeen, Marilyn was trying very hard to be a movie actress.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

But she was very serious, very motivated, very hard working type of person and really a kind of good Catholic girl her entire life.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

She says this is because her parents taught her about the value of hard work.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

But it was a hard struggle. Few of the books she needed were written in the Braille language that the blind could read by touching pages.

VOA: special.2011.08.07

She expresses the importance of girls going to school and working hard to learn.

VOA: special.2009.11.27

Helen Keller had to work hard to support herself after she finished college.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

She worked hard, laughed often and was always in a cheerful mood.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

And,she worked hard to end violations against the rights of black people.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

She cried as hard for joy as she had done for sorrow.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

"Apart from my mother, everybody laughing, she would say if you really want something, you work hard, you take advantage of opportunity, you never give up,you find a way.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

She worked very hard at becoming a good writer.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

His face burned with happiness when he told the Captain "She said YES to me!" He said softly, "I guess it is hard for you to think someone like Caroline might like me."

VOA: special.2009.02.14

She says being a mom is hard. "Because you have to get up every two hours in the middle of the night, and you can't go out and say 'I am going to buy this for myself.'

VOA: special.2010.05.13

Diarrhea is already on the rise. Byrs says Ghana also has been hit hard by what she calls,the deluge.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

She also appeared on Meet the Press, "What the president is always going to do is push hard for the American people.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

(Sound) Kellerman has tried to pursue both a singing and acting career, but she says it was hard and her acting career suffered.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"She worked really hard while she was in high school to go to college.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

She said she worked hard to learn French and she embraces French values.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

She says protecting your child from the flu is already hard enough.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

She says women did very hard, masculine work.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05