So it was a 'survivalist' comic book, but it allowed us to take luxuries and do what we wanted to do as long as we had the blessing of the comic book artists.

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

She won a National Book Award in two thousand for her poetry collection "Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems."

VOA: special.2010.04.18

Thousands of Israelis participated in a Passover tradition: the biblical Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

With his father's blessing, Kyle left the film studies program at the University of Southern California, brushed up on his bass playing, and formed a band, The Kyle Eastwood Quartet.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

Returning from a month's holiday in Europe, President Abdoulaye Wade says he sympathizes with the suffering of those whose homes are flooded but says this year's rains are a mixed blessing as they will lead to bigger harvests that will make Senegal nearly food self-sufficient.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08