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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. This week, we will tell about a threat to North America's colorful monarch butterflies. We will tell about what is being called the olde

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United States Department of Agriculture has a program called Wildlife Services. Its job is to help protect agricultural and other resources from threats and damage by wildlife. Often that means

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VOICE ONE: Jazz musician Dave Brubeck Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we enter the world of jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. His group had the first jazz album to sell more than a million copi

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Whoever thought learning new words could feel socially responsible? A Web site called FreeRice.com is an English vocabulary game. It explains its purpose like this: For each word you get right, we d

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VOICE ONE: I'm Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: Bella Abzug And I'm Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about Bella Abzug. She was a member of the United States Congress in the nineteen seventies. She al

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Hillary Clinton is still behind Barack Obama in the delegate count after the Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday. But her ten-point victory kept her supporters' hopes alive in the race for the Democratic presid

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THIS IS AMERICA - Want to Be a Foreign Exchange Student? First Do Some Homework ''You should not leave your country thinking 'Oh, wow, cool, a year of holiday,' because it's also hard. But at the same time it's so cool,'' says an Italian teen studyi

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we tell about headaches, the head pain that strikes almost everyone at some time. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Have you had a headache rece

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Economics Report - Sales Down for New US Homes, but Up for Existing Ones Falling prices lead to unexpected piece of good news for the housing market. Also, J.P. Morgan raises its offer for Bear Stearns. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 March 2008 T

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Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. In May of seventeen eighty-seven, a group of America's early leaders met in Philadelphia. They planned to make changes in the Articles of Confederation. Those articles pro

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Samuel Chase used the courtroom as a place to attack President Jefferson's policies. Vice President Aaron Burr led the trial as chief officer of the Senate. Transcript of radio broadcast: 25 June 2008 Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American histo

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Strange and Creative? Must Have Been a Film by Johnny Depp, Tim Burton A question from China about the movies made by the actor-director team. Also, the paper houses of architect Shigeru Ban. And the folk-influenced music of Jaymay

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Economics Report - Peter Drucker, 1909-2005: The Mind of a Management Thinker He was a voice for change and new ways of thinking about social and business relations. Transcript of radio broadcast: 29 May 2008 This is the VOA Special English Economic

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - US History: Jefferson, at Inaugural, Urges Unity of Hearts and Minds Thomas Jefferson became America's third president in 1801; he called for equal justice for all men no matter their religion, political beliefs or class. Tr

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Education Report - Some College Recruiters' Actions Raise Concerns Second of two reports on the business of bringing together students and schools. Transcript of radio broadcast: 28 May 2008 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We start

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EXPLORATIONS - Film Festivals Around the World Celebrate the Art and Industry of Movies From Cannes to Cairo, festivals bring the movie industry, media and movie lovers together. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 May 2008 VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember.

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Health Report - Brain Cancer Like Kennedy's Is Difficult to Treat Senator Ted Kennedy, 76 years old, has a glioma in an area where the best way to fight it may be with radiation and chemicals. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 May 2008 This is the V

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Learning First Aid: What to Do Until You Reach Medical Help A guide to common emergencies such as choking, heart stoppage, accidental poisonings and severe bleeding. Transcript of radio broadcast: 26 May 2008 VOICE ONE: This is

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Wheat supplies around the world are at their lowest level in thirty years. Wheat supplies in the United States are at their lowest in sixty years. But the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organi

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VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit the Indiana Dunes. These hills of sand are near Chicago, Illinois. They rise on the shores of Lake Michigan, one of