In Paris, Isabella became close friends with one of her classmates, Julia Gardner, whose family was from Boston, Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

So on Valentine's Day she might go out to dinner with one of them or babysit for her grandchildren.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

One woman wiped her eyes with a small square of lace and passed Missus Sommers her box of candy.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

One woman covers her eyes with her hands, the other covers her ears and the third woman covers her mouth.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

As she felt the doll with one hand I slowly formed the letters, d-o-l-l with my fingers in her other hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

But today at the shelter, there is one very little dog with a big job ahead of her.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

One of the Russians,Anna Chapman, captured attention with her looks and stories of her New York party life.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

Amy Speace describes one of her songs as a protest song, but more of a story with the protest quietly built into it.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

She told one of her producers that she wanted to work with different, more driving rhythms.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

She sings mostly in English, with one song in her native Berber language.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

"Hailey is the oldest. With her we wanted one that wasn't too popular.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

She wrote to one of her friends about her dream of one day owning a house with an art collection like the one she had seen in Italy.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

And once again, its about the journey. Its about locality. So we want people to pinpoint where they are now and to tell a story related to their own immigrant experience. One woman in Indianapolis,Indiana wrote about feeling very un-American while celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with her parents.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Nonhlanhla Masuku,23, welcomes visitors to her home, a one-room mud hut with a thatched roof.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

That he restored my soul." After the documentary's premiere in Washington, Bill Campbell's wife,Domenica, said that Pax helps her husband in multiple ways - including when Sgt.Campbell struggles with the hyper-vigilance that is one of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18