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VOICE ONE: I'm Ray Freeman. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with the Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the United States. Julia Ward Howe Today, we tell about Julia Ward How

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Governments are always judged by how they use power. But they differ by how they divide power. Some have strong presidents or prime ministers. Others have military control. But political scientist

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Kids, Before the Age of TV There Was a Funny Thing Called a Radio Show Laughs from yesteryear with performances by Abbott and Costello, Jack Benny, Fred Allen and Bob Hope. Transcript of radio broadcast: 14 January 2008 Download MP3 More English lea

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Updated This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The violence this week in Kenya has thrown the usually peaceful country into crisis. Its economic and democratic progress may be in danger. The crisis began Sunday after election officials declared

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Bob Doughty. On our show this week: We listen to some jazz music by Oscar Peterson /P Answer a question about the nicknames of American states /P And tell about a campaign to save

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. World economic growth remained strong in two thousand seven. The International Monetary Fund estimated growth at five and two-tenths percent. But predictions for two thousand eight call for slower gr

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but growing number of colleges and universities. About one hundred sixty schools around the world now offer course materials free online to the public. Re

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VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we present the first of three programs about some of the most interesting, beautiful and unusual places on Earth. We begin with a li

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we complete the story of the American Revolution against Britain in the l

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. New research says thirty-five percent of all child deaths worldwide are caused by undernutrition -- hunger. The Lancet, the British medical magazine, just published a series of five studies. The answer,

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Wednesday night, the United States Senate passed a rescue bill for the financial industry. A wide majority sent the bill for debate in the House of Representatives. The House rejected its own version

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. An American named Malcom McLean invented a better box and changed the world. He designed the shipping containers that today carry most of the world's goods. Standardized containers can go on ships,

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VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Tony Riggs with People in America. Today we tell about writer Willa Cather. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The second half of the nineteenth century brought major changes to the United States. From its earlies

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Sarah Palin and Joe Biden during the vice presidential debate on Thursday night Americans are a month from elections on November fourth. This week the vice presidential candidates of the two major parties

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week We listen to guitarist Buddy Guy singing the blues Answer a question about great American tennis players And, tell about twenty-five creative people who won

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Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Four of the first five presidents of the United States came from Virginia. They were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe. The second president

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Governments, businesses and other groups have promised to add three billion dollars to the fight against malaria. The promises came last week at a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The money wi

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Governments, businesses and other groups have promised to add three billion dollars to the fight against malaria. The promises came last week at a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The money wi

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Governments, businesses and other groups have promised to add three billion dollars to the fight against malaria. The promises came last week at a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The money wi

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Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION - American history in VOA Special English. John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was sworn in as president of the United States on March fourth, eighteen twenty-five. A big crowd came to the Capitol building for the c