"In a single generation, we've fallen from first place to twelfth place in college graduation rates for young adults.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

"Writing's something I've always done. My imagination kind of turned into words, and I'd start putting those words on a page."

VOA: special.2010.04.05

I've never understood that myself since we outnumber the men in actual numbers, and we live five years longer.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

I've got thirty-nine acres here and you can see it's all under about ten to twelve feet of water.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

"Of course,we don't know what doses they've received, but the only persons at risk of acute radiation effects are the workers."

VOA: special.2011.03.16

She waved from our ships upon the briny foam And now they've about quit waving her back here at home.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

So I've never felt like a minority because,as you know, minorities are never supposed to say anything unkind about one another."

VOA: special.2010.08.08

The Pacific Rim, especially areas in China and Japan, they've run out of wood, but we have an abundance of it."

VOA: special.2011.07.22

"Every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they've got.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

I'm trying to travel as much as possible and discover the city I've been living in for three years."

VOA: special.2010.06.18

I shall come at you with everything I've got, because the limelight can only shine on one of us."

VOA: special.2009.02.20

It had a long title: "When You Want 'Em,You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em,You Don't Want 'Em."

VOA: special.2009.02.08

But what we're finding is that all this time we've been ignoring the fact that they're actually learning a new language."

VOA: special.2011.04.13

The king's official took a long list from his pocket and said, "your majesty, I've gotten you many things.

VOA: special.2010.11.13