Most of the stories were short. There was heavy use of color and images and things like opinion polls.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

A TV was on. My eyes were elsewhere, but my ear was caught by the unmistakable voice of Walter Cronkite.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

That was mostly when fuel prices were so high last year that people in California were not driving to her stores.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

He was dressed simply. His clothes were the same as those worn by the lowest soldiers in his army.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

His theory was that Martians were trying to bring water to the warm areas near the equator of the planet.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

He said the first great fact was that laws were not necessary to keep slavery out of California and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Supplies were very low. There was not enough food to eat, no shoes to wear, and little left to fight with.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

"And the box was open and there were probably about five or six of these little round, yummy-smelling warm doughnuts in there.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

Others disagreed. In any case, it was not a good time to argue it was the Great Depression, and times were difficult.

VOA: special.2009.12.29

He had a plan,he said. And he would not move until he was sure his men were ready.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

If these offers were rejected, Slidell was to try to buy part of California for five million dollars.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

At first I thought the city was empty. The buildings all were empty and in poor repair.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

But this army was not trained. His soldiers were civilians who knew nothing about fighting a war.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

They had lost the Civil War. Now much of their power was gone, and they were suffering.

VOA: special.2010.02.04