BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Theodore Roosevelt was president of the United States during the early years of the twentieth century. He was a forceful leader. His national policies led to soci...
My husband and I are both writers. During dinner conversations, we often tell our children about our working days. It wasn't clear how much they absorbed until one day I overheard my seven-year- old, Lucy, cry out in frustration at her five-year-old...
A young doctor was just setting up his first office when his secretary told him there was a man to see him. The doctor wanted to make a good first impression by having the man think he was successful and very busy. He told his secretary to show the m...
