But first,we talk to some Americans who have retired from their professional lives but still work hard to help others.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

The Great Recession gave some mothers no choice but to work, as job cuts hit hard at men.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

This means that you can rise above your problems if you have a goal and work very hard.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

Ted Kennedy was well liked in the Senate because of his hard work, friendliness and sense of humor.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

The hard work of this grassroots effort resulted in the first Earth Day on April twenty-second, nineteen seventy.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Madam C.J.Walker explained it this way: "If I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard."

VOA: special.2010.03.28

That is,this kind of pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps, that with enough determination and hard work that you can transcend limitations of money or class or gender.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Yet,he wrote with more feeling about one subject than any other: that education and hard work will help young African Americans move forward.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

But the work is hard. And getting all the oil from the seeds can be difficult.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

It was hard work. The wet clothes were heavy, and the soap had lye in it.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

They told the story of a poor farm boy who educated himself and, through hard work and honesty, had become a candidate for president.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

The kinds of minerals in clay affect how soft or hard it is to work with.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

She says this is because her parents taught her about the value of hard work.

VOA: special.2009.07.17