But a few years later, the high sharp voice of Hank Williams would cut like a knife through the music world.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

For the wise man who had led the Union through four years of bloody civil war Father Abraham -- was dead.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Mister Bernstein wrote other major classical works through the years for a large group of singers and an orchestra.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

"My background is a teacher. I taught young adults from, say,age eleven through thirteen for about fifteen years.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

For years, shipbuilders limited the size of many ships so that they could fit through the Panama Canal.

VOA: special.2011.08.08

She was seventy-three years old. She leaves behind a written record of her life and legacy through the words of her poems.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

In the early years of the war, Confederate forces had moved through the valley to strike northern territory.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

For years,fires from lightening and logger's campfires burned through the areas where the forest had been cut down.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Through the years, John Lewis worked with some of the biggest names in jazz,including trumpet player Miles Davis.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

Through this process, scientists are able to answer questions and solve puzzles about animals and their environment from thousands of years ago.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Through the years, Rosa Parks continued to work for the NAACP and appeared at civil rights events.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

The ones that are accepted in public speech change through the years as social rules change.

VOA: special.2010.02.14

And through the years, Nast's painting has remained as the most popular picture Of Santa Claus.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

He was eighty-seven years old. Doctor Seuss's influence remains through the books he wrote and illustrated.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

Over the past four years he traveled around the world with recording equipment and video cameras in an effort to unite people through music.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

Walking through these historic areas, visitors today might find it hard to believe that a deadly storm swept through the city over four years ago.

VOA: special.2010.01.22