Of course,being the son of a famous Hollywood film star allowed him to go backstage and meet some of these musicians first hand, particularly at The Monterey Jazz Festival and the Hollywood Bowl in California.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

George Washington was the first president to place his hand on a Christian Bible when taking the oath of office.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

He will place his hand on the same Bible that Lincoln used at his first inauguration in 1861.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Of course,with signers,their first language has no written system at all, just hand gestures.

VOA: special.2011.04.13

Staff Sergeant Richard Green, an 82nd Airborne Division mechanic, found this out first-hand when he accidentally damaged his unit's first M-ATV.

VOA: standard.2010.08.01

MCC Director Irene Paxia grew up in Italy, and knows first-hand how language barriers can waste precious time in emergencies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

In their first year alone, workers in two little factories hand-rolled more than 1 million cigars.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

The documentary is the first ever to provide a first-hand look at how the group's medical teams respond to emergencies caused by war, infectious disease or natural disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

"Frankly,some of the first things that have happened subsequent to his extension of that open arm,open hand, have not been very encouraging, in terms of statements coming out of Tehran,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.05