But,I stuck with it and they respected me for it." Banner started college at Georgetown University in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

"Want me to go back along with you in the cart and wind it for you,Ranse?"

VOA: special.2009.11.14

I was,for the first time, deeply satisfied with what life was giving me.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

and the forces of nature. I dreaded that first robin so, But he is mastered now, And I'm accustomed to him grown-- He hurts a little though I dared not meet the daffodils, For fear their yellow gown Would pierce me with a fashion So foreign to my own.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

And I stand before you a humbled man very grateful for the decision the academy has made to honor me with this award.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

and the Strong-Whitfield catalogue for The Temptations' Number One single, "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)."

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"I'm a kind of pretty quiet, private person,and it's hard for me to share with others.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

On December 2,Taylor Swift received eight Grammy Award nominations, including Album Of The Year for Fearless, and Record and Song Of The Year, for "You Belong With Me."

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

"Countless, countless moments of awakening led me ultimately to the path of Islam, and within that, to the practice of Sufism, or Tasawuf,which for me is intricately united with Islam."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

"For me,I think it was more difficult because I dealt with the guilt of missing my child, having him so far away, then always trying to get home on the weekends to see him, as well as keeping up with school and remaining active,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"I am convinced, from my conversations with General Stanley McChrystal and I'm grateful to him for the time he gave me there and even on the telephone since he understands the necessity of conducting a smart counterinsurgency in a limited geographic area,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

I played Tennis tournaments all over the place and I met new people and make connections and stuff and something that Tennis helped me with is coming to the United States, as you might already know that it is expensive especially for an international student to go to college here in the United States and with the scholarship that I get through Tennis it helps me a lot, so Tennis has opened up many doors for me for opportunities."

VOA: standard.2009.12.14