2002-08-25 Richard Rodgers
VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English Program,People in America. ((MUSIC: “VICTORY AT SEA”)) VOICE ONE: That is music from the…
2002-08-18 Carl Rowan
I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLEIN AMERICA. Today, we tell about the life of writer and reporter,Carl Rowan. He was…
2002-08-11 Elvis Presley
ANNCR: Now, PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voiceof America. Today Rich Kleinfeldt and Steve Ember tell about singerElvis Presley who died twenty-five years ago this…
2002-08-04 Ann Landers
VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLEIN AMERICA. Today, we tell about advice writer Ann Landers. ((THEME)) VOICE ONE:…
2002-07-28 Willa Cather
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Tony Riggs with People in America. Today we tell aboutwriter Willa Cather. (THEME) VOICE ONE: The second half of the nineteeth…
2002-07-14 Frank and Jesse James
VOICE 1: People in America, a program in Special English by the Voice ofAmerica. (Theme) Two of the most famous outlaws of the old American West werebrothers. I’m Tony Riggs.…
2002-07-07 Gwendolyn Brooks
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLEIN AMERICA. Today we tell about the life ofaward-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks. She…
2002-06-30 Lou Gehrig
ANNCR: Now, the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. A North American Major League baseball record was established inNineteen-Thirty-Nine. The man who set it played intwo-thousand-one-hundred-thirty games without missing…
2002-06-23 Maria Callas
VOICE 1: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE 2: And I’m Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program Peoplein America. Today, we tell about one of the most famous operasingers of…
2002-06-16 Billy Wilder
VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLEIN AMERICA. Today we tell about Billy Wilder. He was the director ofsome…
2002-06-09 Jesse Owens
Anncr: People in America — a Special English program about people whowere important in the history of the United States. Today KayGallant and Harry Monroe tell the story of athlete…
2002-06-02 Cochise
VOICE ONE: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice ofAmerica. (THEME) During the eighteenth century Indians tried to halt the move ofwhite settlers into territory in…
2002-05-26 Lucille Ball
VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English ProgramPEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about the much-loved performerLucille Ball. Her…
2002-05-19 Burl Ives
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English Program,PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Burl Ives. He won a Grammyaward for…
2002-05-12 Dorothy West
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the Special English Program, PEOPLE INAMERICA. Every week, we tell about a person who played an importantpart in…