He never returned. But many nights Sylvie heard the sound of his whistle as she came home with her grandmother's cow.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

During her years as a Texas lawmaker, Miss Jordan proposed and helped pass legislation dealing with social change.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

In "Baby Reaching for an Apple" Cassatt shows a mother gently holding her child as the baby looks with wonder at the fruit.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Amy Speace describes one of her songs as a protest song, but more of a story with the protest quietly built into it.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Her hands shook as she pinned on her hat and covered herself with her black veil.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

The young man feels regret, which only grows as he falls in love with her daughter.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

That stayed with her as she grew. There was another experience that stayed with her,too.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

She did not let her health problems interfere with her responsibilities as coach and leader.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

The stranger began walking with Sylvie as she followed her cow through the forest.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

As a teenager she went to live with the man she considers her father.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

As a child,Maya would play with clay in her father's studio.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

I live with Him -- I see his face -- I go no more away For Visitor -- or Sundown-- Death's single privacy Dreams -- are well -- but Waking's better, If One wake at Morn -- If One wake at Midnight - better -- Dreaming -- of the Dawn -- This is my letter to the World That never wrote to me-- The simple News that Nature told-- With tender Majesty In those years, Dickinson seems to have found her "voice" as a poet.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Sarah Polley co-stars as Elsa, whose professional and personal relationship with Clive and their creation affects her scientific judgment.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

That message resonated with her as she grew up in the tumultuous political climate of the 1960s.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

The plastic tarp that serves as the roof of her house fills with water when it rains.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

In an affidavit,U.S.officials said Gwendolyn Myers described her contacts with Cuban agents, such as passing secrets by exchanging shopping carts at the supermarket.

VOA: standard.2009.06.06

Caught in some in-between place, Susie's spirit watches as her family copes with their loss and her murderer goes on with his life.

VOA: standard.2010.01.08

Details of the release have not been made public. In a subsequent interview with Canadian Television, Lindhout described her life in captivity as "extremely difficult."

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

He also collaborated with her as a songwriter on some of her best-known ballads.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

That's where Puerto Ricans can identify themselves as 'Tainos.' Rocha says her group's census campaign has also resonated with Latinos of other indigenous backgrounds across the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

And reporters who attend the Vancouver Organizing Committee's joint daily briefing with the International Olympic Committee are quite familiar with her, as she serves as the official spokesperson for VANOC.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Those new conditions include Aung San Suu Kyi being able to receive necessary medical treatment, to have guests visit her with permission from authorities, and to have the right to view two Burmese television stations as well as read Burmese newspapers.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

Promise This-When You be Dying- Some shall summon Me- "And that way in which she says 'when you be dying', that's so classically the way African Americans structure their sentences, with that interesting use of 'be,'" "Maid as Muse" author Aife Murray says writing her book was a way for her to give credit where credit is due - to the unsung men and women whose language and culture enhanced the work of one of America's best-loved poets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22