This is the day when many people will be going out on a date with someone special in their lives.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

She says Ruth Handler wanted the dolls to help girls think about what they wanted to do with their lives.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

But the costs were great. More than six hundred thousand men of the North and South lost their lives.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

But an explosion in space cost him the chance to reach the moon -- and nearly cost the crew their lives.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

The idea of her little family looking fresh and new for once in their lives made her restless with excitement.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Mother Jones believed that unions represented the best hope for coal miners and other workers to improve their lives.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

Share-cropping made it possible for blacks to work the land for themselves for the first time in their lives.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Today we talk about a method that helps provide low-income people with the financial services they need to improve their lives.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Mister Weindruch says his study is not complete and that his team will continue to observe the remaining monkeys throughout their lives.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

He laughed with the cheering crowds and told them that the New Deal had helped improve their lives.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

She said children would "look out the window of their family car and see that clean energy is part of their lives."

VOA: special.2009.06.19

So last year,students,parents, school officials,stars,politicians, athletes and other people were urged to write thank-you notes for the special teachers in their lives.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

He also used the names of victims and personal stories about their lives that appeared in the newspaper.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

The show brought seven young people to live together in New York and have their lives videotaped.

VOA: special.2011.08.05