Only one who is deaf can understand the loving way I talked to my dolls,to the stones, to birds and animals.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Dr.Chan says the WHO is no longer operating "at the level of top performance that is increasingly needed,and expected."

VOA: special.2011.01.19

During World War Two, Dave Brubeck,who is white, formed one of the first racially mixed bands in the Army.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

We leave you with a song by the Cuban saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera who is to perform at this event.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

Yet the study found that having a friend who is lonely can add about seventeen days a year of loneliness.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

In other words, a person who is suffering from the effects of severe cold may seem dead,but still be alive.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

"If you want to be great, wonderful, but recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

The experts said you could get infected only if you sit within two rows of someone who is sick.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

Today,a fall guy is anyone who is tricked into taking the blame for the crime or wrongdoing of someone else.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

It tells the unusual story about a man who is born old and gets younger as time goes by.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today - a person who is new in a job.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

It is about a young farmer Nate and his wife Olive who is soon to become a mother.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

A person who is ripped off has had something stolen, or at least has been treated very unfairly.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Colin Firth plays a college professor who is mourning the death of his partner in "A Single Man."

VOA: special.2010.03.01