Owning another human being was legal in many parts of the United States at that time.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

"It will take a look at the life of Elvis Presley as a normal human being, before he became a superstar,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.07

Human rights activists said the benefits of Angola's vast oil and diamond wealth is not being equitably distributed.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

But his criticism of what he saw as authoritarianism and human-rights abuses led to his being dropped as successor to the nation's Supreme Leader.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

"When you read a book, you are in direct contact with the mind of another human being, without the distraction of their physical presence, of their image,of their tics .

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

"As a human being and particularly as a citizen of the only country ever to suffer such a nuclear catastrophe, I believe with all my heart and soul that these horrific weapons must be eliminated."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06