He also had three sisters. While growing up, he became known as Red Adair because his hair was bright red.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

John Allan never officially adopted him as a son, but the boy became known as Edgar Allan Poe.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

Carlo Urbani was the first doctor to warn the world of the disease that became known as SARS.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

In time, any man who rushed to fight a fire became known as a fire buff because of the buffalo coat he wore.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

The civil war in Greece ended. American help for Greece and Turkey was the first step in what became known as the "Truman Doctrine."

VOA: special.2011.08.04

Scientists created high-yielding crops that produced bigger harvests in what became known as the Green Revolution.

VOA: special.2011.02.22

Local people changed the spelling of the name and the area became known as Dolly Sods.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

These areas of Texas, Oklahoma and other states became known as the Dust Bowl.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

James Brown also became known as "the hardest working man in show business."

VOA: special.2010.05.16

FrancisM became known as the leading socially conscious artist in the Philippines.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

She became known as an expert in children and early education.

VOA: special.2011.03.20

And James Brown became known as "The Godfather of Soul."

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Professor Costrell says, into what became known as distribution requirements.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Borlaug became known as the "Father of the Green Revolution."

VOA: special.2009.11.10

He became known as "the liberal lion of the Senate."

VOA: special.2009.09.13

His work crew became known as the Seven Axemen.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

These special ways became known as the Duncan Technique.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

These stations became known as the Columbia Broadcasting System.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

The Reagan economic policy became known as "Reaganomics."

VOA: special.2011.02.06

The technique became known as the photographic essay.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

This area became known as the Dust Bowl.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Roosevelt quickly became known as a reform politician.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

He later became known as "The Great Communicator."

VOA: special.2011.02.06

This group later became known as the Impressionists.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

That alliance became known as The Associated Press.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

The group became known as Roosevelt's "Rough Riders."

VOA: special.2010.07.15

The period became known as the Great Depression.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

The squadron became known as the Flying Tigers.

VOA: special.2011.05.26