There was a purple mark on it that looked like four small fingers and a little thumb.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

He later wrote for TV comedy shows before making his mark on the Hollywood film industry.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

He was eighty-four years old. Joel Breman says,"Doctor Close left his mark on the world."

VOA: special.2009.02.23

In "U.S.285,New Mexico" Frank photographed the dividing mark on a highway.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

Michael Jackson left a huge mark on popular culture.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

Michael Jackson left his mark on popular culture.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

In choosing his first group of Medal of Freedom recipients, the president selected several women who have made their mark on American life.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

Mark Johnson writes on the CD: "As a human race we come together for birth, we come together for death.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

Mark Hurd was out. Investigators said he had falsified expense records to hide spending on a woman who worked with H-P.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Bill invented the method of using a hot branding iron to permanently put the mark of a ranch on a cow's skin.

VOA: special.2011.06.11

On Thursday they protested to mark Tax Day, when Americans have to pay any federal taxes they owe.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

In baseball, Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox pitched a perfect game on July twenty-third.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

It is based on the true story of boxer Micky Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg, and his rise to become a junior welterweight champion.

VOA: special.2011.02.21

On Wednesday,Mark Zuckerberg, the twenty-six year old chief executive of Facebook, announced changes.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

In his nearly 50 years in the Senate, Kennedy had more impact on domestic issues than foreign policy, but he still made a global mark.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Lt.Col.Mark Ahrens is on the command staff of the 56th Rescue Squadron at Bagram.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

Dr.Mark Hamer's study on the psychological impact of second-hand tobacco smoke appears in the Archives of General Psychiatry, a journal published by the American Medical Association.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

On the same program, the BBC's Deputy Director General Mark Byford defended the decision.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

After the vote,British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant read a statement on behalf of the group's foreign ministers, which said the door to continued negotiation would remain open.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Elsewhere in the Major Leagues, Chicago White Sox left-handed pitcher Mark Buehrle threw the 18th perfect game in Major League history against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 23.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Director of the University's Human Rights Program Mark Ensalaco says one of the targets of the conference is to shed light on a growing problem in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

While Israel has imposed a partial freeze on construction in the West Bank, government spokesman Mark Regev says that does not apply to Jerusalem, which Israel says is the eternal capital of the Jewish people.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

As Somalis prepare to observe the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, al-Shabab and Hisbul Islam rebels appeared to have made good on their vow to mark the start of Ramadan with intensified attacks against the government and the African Union mission in Mogadishu known as AMISOM.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21