"I believe Washington can't and shouldn't dictate a policy agenda for Indian country.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

"The way the system is now works for no one. It doesn't work for the immigrants themselves, it doesn't work for the government and it doesn't even work for some employers."

VOA: special.2010.07.03

You want to keep spinning your mandrel so that it doesn't melt off the rod and you're going to heat your bead so that it's tacky enough to roll onto the frit and pick up pieces of the glass."

VOA: special.2009.05.18

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

And Alan Lomax had somevery compelling and really engaging stories to tell about actually painting himself up in blackface so that he could go into black communities, so that some of the whites wouldn't single him out and beat him up or whatever."

VOA: special.2010.01.18

"The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece of legislation that will provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance, quality affordable options for those who don't and bring down the cost of health care for families, business and our government while strengthening the financial health of Medicare."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

But if it doesn't and I'm just a dynamic person that I strive to be every day, I've won,baby."

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

"People don't tend to go out and eat a lot when they don't have a lot of money.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"If you happened to be a Taino who lived up in the mountains and you weren't in the sun a lot and maybe your skin was a little lighter, then they threw you in the 'white' bucket."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"But we also have to recognize that if markets are skittish and don't have confidence that we can tackle the tough problems of our medium- and long-term debt and deficits,then that also is going to undermine our recovery."

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

But I couldn't find you and I was afraid he would sell the cask of Amontillado to someone else.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

But you always remember that she had this incredible freedom that most children don't have and she was so smart."

VOA: special.2009.08.24

The movie's theme song, "The Weary Kind" by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett, is nominated for an Academy Award.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

My bikes wouldn't fetch a nice price and wouldn't be worth trying to sell, but they could be useful to somebody else."

VOA: special.2009.11.16