Before the 1930's ,workers were only paid as long as they were smart [00:05.69]If they were smart enough not to be ill,they were pai [00:10.06]If they were smart enough not to by injured,they were pai [00:13.66]And if they were very smart,they would
John Shilling is a twenty-year-old student at Cornell College in Mount Vernon,Iow [00:05.96]It is a small school very different from Cornell University in New York State which is huge and famou [00:14.18]John could have gone to any college of his cho
Children don't know which things are dangerou [00:03.21]Keeping a constant eye on them as they move around is very difficul [00:08.39]You can't be everywhere at once,and anyway it's important for them to learn about the world around the [00:15.23]But
Of the more than 80 million children born every year in the developing countrie [00:05.43]and estimated 5 million die [00:08.65]and at least twice as many are disabled by disease which have been largely eliminated in developed nations through immuniz
Have you ever considered sky divin [00:03.08]Thousands of people learn to sky dive each yea [00:06.82]The first major step to learn is proper touch down techniqu [00:11.57]That means learning how to fall properly,initially from a four-foot platfor [0
After the American Revolution(1775-1783),the founders the United Stat [00:07.65]argued that education was essential for the prosperity and survival of the new natio [00:14.32]Thomas Jefferson was the first American leader to suggest creating a system
Afer an hour or so ,the bus stopped in a small town,and a few passengers got o [00:06.16]One of them was a blonde girl,very good looking in a fresh but sort of careless wa [00:12.36]I thought that she was probably a farm girl,and I wished she'd sit b
National radio is controlled by the BBC,and listeners can choose between four station [00:06.16]Radio 1 is a popmusic station with news and magazine-style programme [00:12.54]Radio 2 plays light music and reports on spor [00:17.74]Radio 3 plays class
Many people have fatty deposits on the inside wall of their arterie [00:05.69]These deposits build up over a number of year [00:10.08]narrowing the arteries. [00:13.74]Sometim [00:14.86]the deposits can stimulate the formation of blood clot [00:20.09
Humor,which ought to give rise to only the most light-hearted and gay feeling [00:05.72]can often stir to up vehemence and animosit [00:10.40]Evidently it is dearer to us than we realiz [00:15.07]Men will take almost any kind of criticism except the
Television has become the main source of informatio [00:03.84]and entertaiment for the average America [00:07.97]It is estimated that by the time a child reaches 1 [00:12.64]he or she has spent almost twice as much time watching TV as in the classroo
Consumption of natural resources rises dramatically every year as the human population increases and standards of living ris [00:08.65]Between 1950 and 1990 the world population doubled to 5.3 billio [00:16.09]with nearly 80 percent living in develop