Les Paul is best known for creating one of the first solid-body electric guitars and the eight-track recording device.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

have not committed any crime." The country's former president, Thabo Mbeki,was known for the unaggressive way his government dealt with AIDS.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

But the population of the animals known for their ability to travel far without much water has fallen sharply.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

She also became known for her outspoken opinions, her clothing and the great pride she had in herself and her race.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

She is best known for her novel "The Tale of Despereaux" about a little mouse who has some big adventures.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Yet for all the praise Lewis received, he was known for putting the interests of the group over the individual.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

Miz Cheek says the health care and finance industries are known for using language that is hard to understand.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Wilma Mankiller was known for her effort to return the balance of power of the sexes to the Cherokee Nation.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

Gumbo-limbo trees, known for their peeling red skin, strangler figs and royal palms are also among the area's plant life.

VOA: special.2010.09.21

That investigative work continues to be what she is known for, even though some of her later writings defended American business.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

June Simms has more. Steve Martin is well known for many things, but music is not one of them.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

He was known for being so stingy he refused to spend any of his money, unless forced to do so.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

American crime writer George Pelecanos is known for both his books and his writing for the television show "The Wire."

VOA: special.2011.07.13

Like Chester Arthur at the national level, Grover Cleveland was known for fighting dishonesty in government at the local level.

VOA: special.2010.04.29