"No," you say,"it just can't be true! Who told you?" Comes the answer, "I got it by the grapevine."

VOA: special.2009.02.22

And I'm Barbara Klein. You can find other stories about people who are making a difference on our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

And if you do, here is a question you can answer: Who do you consider a "folk genius?"

VOA: special.2010.01.18

You can also find last week's program about composers, including two women who have won Pulitzer Prizes, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Jennifer Higdon.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

For example, you can find the work of two brothers who go by the name Os Gemeos.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

Some people who like to eat very hot chili peppers say that they can help you breathe better if you have a cold.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

But where can you hope to find a widow who would waste her time on a marriage proposal that has no marriage in it?"

VOA: special.2010.04.24

Almost any time of day, you can see people looking for the name of a family member or friend who died in the war.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

You can hear more than fifty women who work in many different jobs connected to science.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

You can learn more about other popular authors who spoke at the National Book Festival on the Special English program "This is America" on Monday.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

You are the only one who can reveal the secret.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

One who has kissed the Blarney stone, so the story goes, can speak words of praise so smoothly and sweetly that you believe them, even when you know they are false.

VOA: special.2010.09.26

But we are going to need you, not just here today, but you're going to have to go home and take some of what you've learned here and teach your families and folks -- the other kids in your schools who haven't had a chance to come, and figure out how you guys can get other people in your lives moving."

VOA: special.2010.06.07

The best you can hope is to manage the hostilities and try to minimize the number of civilians who die,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.09