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Simon got a monthly bill that he didnt like. His Internet service provider, Wink, automatically withdrew $15 from his checking account each month. This was called direct payment. It made things simpler for him because it meant one less check to write

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SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. This week on our program, we tell about a musical play that is fifty years old this month. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: The Fantasticks fi

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With a loan from a relative and a recipe he found in the basement at the local public library, Ernest Gallo founded what would become, at one point, the world's largest winery. The legendary wine maker died Tuesday at his home in Modesto, California

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By Greg Flakus Terlingua, Texas 22 February 2006 watch Desert Dwellers report Mountains, desert near Terlingua, Texas Most human beings are social animals and yet there are people who long to get far

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 21 February 2007 watch New Discovery Center One of the newest attractions for visitors to Florida, the southernmost point in the continental United States, celebrates the undersea world in and around the famous Florida K

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By David McAlary Washington 26 October 2006 The international medical community is raising a chorus of protest against a Libyan trial of six Bulgarian and Palestinian health workers. The six are accused of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan c

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By Kane Farabaugh Kangerlussuak, Greenland 24 July 2007 Greenland's glaciersshow evidence of global warming Periods of global warming and cooling have caused the terrain of Greenland to change over time -- part of the natural process of the Earth's e

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By David McAlary Washington 17 March 2006 Scientists report evidence that the universe was born in less than the blink of an eye, expanding instantly from sub-microscopic size to astronomical proporti

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The World Food Program has called on South Korea to provide $60 million in aid for North Korea. The United Nations agency says the isolated state is facing its worst food shortage in a decade. Jason Strother has more from Seoul. The South Korean Uni

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 18 June 2008 A group of American doctors that promotes human rights says it has examined 11 former detainees who were held by the U.S. military, and determined they were systematically tortured with the complicity of medical pe

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Acupuncture by Untrained Providers Poses Risks for Kids In the hands of trained practitioners, acupuncture is a safe medical treatment, even for children. But a new study finds when acupuncture is performed by untrained providers, it can pose a serio

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Prosperity in Turkey Creates Iftar Divide In Turkey, the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan has put the spotlight on the increasing divide between rich and poor. The country's growing affluent class, a product of a decade of unprecedented economic grow

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Science and Technolgy 科技 The history of AIDS 艾滋病的历史 Heroes and villains 英雄与狗熊 The story of AIDS involves many larger-than-life characters, good and bad 艾滋病的故事造就了众多的传奇人物,也展示了人性的善

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - November 12, 2002: Oldest Evidence of Jesus? / Mapping Genes that Cause Disease / 2002 World Health Report VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with

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Science and technology 科学技术 The history of AIDS 艾滋病的历史 Heroes and villains 英雄与狗熊 The story of AIDS involves many larger-than-life characters, good and bad 艾滋病的故事涉及一些富有英雄色彩的人物,有好,

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By Zulima Palacio Washington 08 May 2008 Although the government and researchers halted most clinical trials for an AIDS vaccine, a research institute in Baltimore continues its work on the most deadly virus of our times. Vaccine trials were stopped

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By Phillip Wellman Dakar 16 September 2007 Efforts to reunite war-divided Ivory Coast have been fraught with difficulty, but some say the Ivorian band Magic System has been able to bring people together in a way politicians have not. The band is mark

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Voice 1 Hello, Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Ruby Jones. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 It was the year 175

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