"Tre is named after his father David Glenn. But he's a third so that's how his nickname is Tre.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

So it seems that a biography written shortly after his death included several invented stories about his early life.

VOA: special.2010.02.23

But his designs were so different, so extreme, that banks were not willing to lend money for the projects.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

The government gave a patent to Edward J.Claghorn of New York City so that others would not copy his invention.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

His ideas were so endless that he was not even troubled when he once lost some music he had been writing.

VOA: special.2009.02.08

His theory of Martian life became so complex that he made maps of cities and waterways on the planet.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

And so he never done nothing for three months but sit in his back yard and teach that frog to jump.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

Jacob Riis's concern for the poor kept him so busy writing and speaking around the country that he ruined his health.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

He dug deep into the darkness, hitting the steel so hard that his body began to fail him.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Bill and his men had so many cattle that they needed all of New Mexico to hold them.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

He decided to have his arm set at an angle so that he could keep playing the guitar.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

I then replaced the wooden boards so well that no human eye -- not even his -- could have seen anything wrong.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Jorn Hurum feels strongly about making his scientific publications available free of cost so that this knowledge can be seen by everyone.

VOA: special.2011.05.25

He had little time to prepare. Still,he did so well that the New York Times newspaper published a story praising his effort.

VOA: special.2009.08.02