2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-U.S. Seeks to Curb Textile Imports from C

This is Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Steven S. The Bush Administration has taken the first step toward curbing imports of low-priced pants, shirts and underwear from China. It's investigating a surge in exports that began January 1st. That's af

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Study: Mass. Smoking Ban Hasn't Dampened

The business report starts with the economic effects of a smoking ban. Those effects might not be what you'd expect. Harvard University looked into the effect of a statewide smoking ban in bars and restaurants in Massachusetts. NPR's Chris Arnold rep

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-'Consumer Reports' Gives Hybrid Car Its T

On Mondays, we report on the business of technology. Record oil prices and record gas prices are inspiring some Americans to rethink the technology they use in their transportation. People who must drive do have alternatives to the gasguzzling SUV an

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Scandal Dogs AIG

These are turbulent times for one of the world's largest and most powerful insurance companies. American International Group is under investigation over a questionable transaction that involves a company owned by Warren Buffet. And last week, the com

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Going Beyond the Current Bankruptcy Measu

Commentator and personal finance advisor Liz Pullian Weston says Congress could pass other laws that would mean fewer people would need to file for bankruptcy. First, we need to reinstate usury laws. It seems almost quaint now. But thirty years ago

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-A Tennessee Williams Poem - Lost No

It was just about a year ago that Washington University professor Henry Schvey was visiting New Orleans to deliver a paper on one of his favorite topics, Tennessee Williams. During a side visit to Faulkner House Books. He found a small blue test book

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Department of Education Probe Finds No Et

It was just about a year ago that Washington University professor Henry Schvey was visiting New Orleans to deliver a paper on one of his favorite topics, Tennessee Williams. During a side visit to Faulkner House Books. He found a small blue test book

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-China and the Dollar

Today we are gonna wrap up our series on the falling US dollar. It has lost about thirty percent of its value over the last few years, and that has many economists and politicians worried as we've heard over the last couple of days. The dollar's fall

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Shanghai Real Estate Values Soar

For NPR News, this is All Things Considered. I'm Michele Norris, and I'm Robert Siegel. If you think the real estate market in this country is out of control. Here's some advice: Don't move to China. Prices there are rising so fast, the government i

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Energy Industry Attempts to Stall New Ant

Today is the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to announce a new rule designed to clean up the haze that obscures views in national parks. A court-imposed deadline is part of a decade long fight over pollution, and that fight may not b

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-Very Short Fiction: 'Bars'

Here is a very small piece of fiction from Ruth Forman. It's titled Bars on Windows. The window covered with rusted black iron bars looked like jail, he thought, though he'd never been to jail. He wondered when exactly the bars were added. They didn'

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Scandal-plagued Canadian PM Calls for Ele

Canada's prime minister went on National Television last night to say there would be an election early next year. Paul Martin is responding to a political scandal as Richard Reynolds reports. The scandal that threatens Prime Minister Paul Martin's Li

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-NYSE to Merge with Archipelago Trading Fi

Members of the New York stock exchange met today to learn more about the organization's proposed merger with the electronic trading company Archipelago. The merger, announced late yesterday, would turn the exchange into a for-profit company, as NPR'

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-Gay Rights Law Divided Microsoft, Gates S

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is explaining his company's position on gay rights legislation. The company has been attacked over its actions on lack of them on a proposal to ban discrimination/ against homosexuals. The bill was before legislature in

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-An Inside Look at Enron

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a new documentary written and directed by Alex Gibney. The film is based on the best selling book of the same name. Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan has this review. Enron: The S

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-Literary Pilgrims Flock to Faulkner's Hom

Over the weekend, the University of Mississippi rededicated the home of Nobel Prize novelist William Faulkner following a 1.3-million-dollar restoration. Faulkner bought the antebellum house in 1930 and named it Rowan Oak after the qualities of the

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-Disneyland Celebrates 50th Anniversary

The happiest place on earth is officially middle-aged. Disneyland has just turned fifty and Disney is marking the occasion with a huge celebration. The southern California icon has inspired a number of spin-offs and imitators. To keep up. Disneyland

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-Jim and Jamie Dutcher, 'Living with Wolve

Wolves have been cast as villains in stories -- almost since there have been stories. Jesus warned against them in the Bible; Little Red Riding Hood was tormented by one. They've been favorite symbols of evil from Aesop to Prokofieff. A new document

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-Debating Medicaid and Morality in Missour

This is Morning Edition from NPR news. Im Steven Inskeep, as we reported on this program medicaid has become the single biggest budget item for most states. Nearly all of them are trying to limit the growth of the health program for the poor and no

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-New Exhibit Updates Story of Dinosaur Era

Tomorrow New York's American Museum of Natural History opens an exhibit designed to provide insight into dinosaur lifestyles. The exhibit showcases new discoveries , many of them from China. They include feathered dinosaurs and an ancestor of T-rex.