She is a chemical engineer, a medical doctor,a college professor, and in 1992, was the first African-American woman astronaut to go into space.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"So I think they get more nervous. When I am climbing out the window to climb on a ledge, the first ones go, 'Whoa,whoa,whoa,wait!'

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

To end this historic conflict, both sides must be historically bold, because if each waits stubbornly for the other to act first, this will go on and be waiting for an eternity."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Of course,being the son of a famous Hollywood film star allowed him to go backstage and meet some of these musicians first hand, particularly at The Monterey Jazz Festival and the Hollywood Bowl in California.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

The military plan is that we will have to do a rescue operation because now we have to rescue the civilians first, in order to go for the rest of the LTTE cadres hiding in that area,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.06