'The Lady' Features Michelle Yeoh as Burma's Pro Democracy Leader When Aung San Suu Kyi left her family in England in 1988, she thought it would be a short visit to Burma to care for her ailing mother. Instead, Daw Suu followed in the footsteps of he...
Israeli Movie Features Father-Son Rivalry Minister of Education: Professor Shkolnik? Congratulations. Uriel Shkolnik: Let me get this straight. You called my father by mistake? Academician: And the minister congratulated him thinking she was talking...
NewYorkMuseum's9/11ExhibitFeaturesPre-AttackArt The September 11 terror attacks may have changed our view, even of objects created before 9/11/2001. A new exhibit at the Museum of Modern Arts branch in New Yorks Long Island City explores this idea. T...
And now the weekly Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called Marshal in Rome, it was written by May Brisken. Here is Keg Lant with our story. Often when he stood next to his wife, Marshal reminded me of an unhappy dog. His e...
Now the weekly VOA Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called Surviving Adverse Seasons. It was written by Barry Targan. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. Abel Halleck was 59 years old when his wife Estelle died. Her...
Our story today is called A Girl for Walter. It was written by Theodore Jacobs, here is Shep O'Neal with the story. We never knew what Walter was. But we called him, ur, idiot. We called him that without knowing if he really was as foolish and stupid...
Our story today is called The Cask of Amontillado. It was written by Edgar Allan Poe. Here is Larry West with the story. Fortunato and I both were members of very old and important Italian families. We used to play together when we were children. For...
Our story today is called Judge. It was written by Walter D Edmonds. We will hear Part One of the story today, and Part Two next week. Here is Harry Menro with our story. When Charlie Hasku died, he left a wife and nine children. They lived on a smal...
Our story this week is called The God of His Fathers. It was written by Jack London in the year 1901. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. Silently, the wolves circled the herd of caribou deer. Gray bellies closed to the ground. The wolves in the pack...
Our story this week is called The Pipe. It was written by Catherine W, here is Shep O'Neal with the story. Mr. Dows store was widely known throughout the neighborhood. It sold many different things. Both old and young came here to shop for special i...
