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

It seemed as if a heavy body was thrown against the table with a force that pushed against his chest.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

His fame as Porgy helped him get the part in "Pagliacci" with the New York City Opera Company.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

It was filled with a huge crowd on November 4th as the nation's next president gave his victory speech on election night.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

As Arick grew older, the doctor replaced his nebulizer with a small medical device called an inhaler.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

After his education in Italy, he studied with Max Born in Germany, just as Robert Oppenheimer had.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

As the New York Times put it, he "struggled for much of his life with his weight,with alcohol and with persistent tales of womanizing."

VOA: special.2009.08.29

He works with Carole Semango-Sprouse as he interacts with the Cosmobot during therapy for his condition.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

He trained as an artist after moving to Florence with his father in the fourteen sixties.

VOA: special.2010.09.15

He says that as a child he did not understand why his father did not live with him and his mother all of the time.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

Bob Hope came to the United States as a child from England with his family.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Throughout his life, Leonard Bernstein was involved with social issues as well as music.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

In addition to his work with the Modern Jazz Quartet, John Lewis worked for many years as musical director of the Monterey Jazz Festival in California.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

He said the citizen from Georgia had as much right to settle in this territory with his slaves as a citizen of Maine with his horse.

VOA: special.2009.05.14