This week on our program, we tell you about a few kinds of foods that some Americans find hard to resist.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

'Oh,I like this. Where did you get this? It's so pretty.'" The three Americans launched BeadforLife in two thousand four.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

But first, we tell you about a new exhibit remembering some Americans who fought for justice.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

You can see more Americans reading and talking about poetry on the Web site,www.favoritepoem.org.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

You can learn about other famous Americans at our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

And in 1961, during the Cold War with the Soviet Union, John Kennedy urged people to take an active part in the future: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

"The perception is, and you get this across the Middle East, that the Americans are at least straightforward, even if you resent what they're doing.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

"If you granted amnesty to 11 million undocumented workers you are flooding the market with the potential of those folks competing for jobs with Americans.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

"I need your help,doctors, because to most Americans, you are the health care system,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

If you do not cooperate with us, you are not going to get your medical treatment. And the surgeon from the Americans, they say we not see you as a patient.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

"You cannot build a foolproof system for air security unless you are willing to slow the whole air system down to a crawl and institute very, very invasive procedures before Americans get on airplanes,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"It's times like that when you have such great pride in Americans, when you see somebody do something like that for a smaller sport, certainly a prominent sport, where they needed that funding.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

That is my problem with what you have done." Republicans cite recent public opinion polls that generally show Americans would prefer to try the alleged terrorists in military commissions, where the rules of evidence favor the prosecution.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Promise This-When You be Dying- Some shall summon Me- "And that way in which she says 'when you be dying', that's so classically the way African Americans structure their sentences, with that interesting use of 'be,'" "Maid as Muse" author Aife Murray says writing her book was a way for her to give credit where credit is due - to the unsung men and women whose language and culture enhanced the work of one of America's best-loved poets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22