Her future seemed limitless. Then,in nineteen seventy-seven, Miss Jordan suddenly announced she was retiring from Congress and returning to Texas.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

The famous former basketball player Michael Jordan is considered to be one of the best "slam dunkers" of all time.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

Jordan Goldman says the site is starting with two hundred fifty of America's top colleges and will add more.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

Torkin Wakefield says she,her daughter Devin Hibbard and Ginny Jordan brought some of the beads back to the United States.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

After eight years in the Texas Senate, Miss Jordan campaigned for a seat in the United States House of Representatives.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

At the time that Miss Jordan left Congress, there were widespread reports that failing health was the cause for her decision.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

Jordan had recorded a song called "Caldonia" and other popular songs in the late nineteen forties and nineteen fifties.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

The southern part of the river forms the border between Jordan and Israel and includes part of the Palestinian territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Jordan was the first stop on a Middle East trip in which he also visited Israel and the Palestinian territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

If the Jordan River is saved,they say, then the Dead Sea could also be brought back to life.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

The group has simpler ideas -- like reducing water use at schools and other buildings in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

In her speech, Miss Jordan also urged Americans to work for the common good: "Many fear the future.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

The art is part of the permanent collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

She won. Barbara Jordan became the first black person to serve in the Texas Senate since eighteen eighty-three.

VOA: special.2010.05.09