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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. We will remember a huge disaster that struck four years ago. A

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. People can get sick if they eat food touched by floodwaters. Floodwater may contain human and animal wastes, and other pollutants like agricultural and industrial chemicals. The University of Iowa

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Millions of Americans will celebrate Christmas on December twenty-fifth. It is the most widely celebrated religious holiday in the United States. For the past few weeks, Americans have been preparing for Christmas. I'm Bob Doughty. Shirley Griffith

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VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA IN VOA Special English. Today we tell about jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Shirley Horn performing in 2003 Shirley Horn was considered one

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last month, America's biggest bank, Citigroup, agreed to sell five percent of its shares to the government of Abu Dhabi. The deal, worth seven and a half billion dollars, was another example of growi

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We listen to some music from a new album by Judy Kuhn /P Answer a question about the Space Race /P And tell about a new display of dinosaurs. D

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Now, the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the life of Barbara Cooney, the creator of many popular childrens books. She died in March two thousand. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: For sixty years Ba

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Pro-democracy activists in 2006 listen to parliament proceedings on a mobile phone in Katmandu, Nepal Activists fight for different things. But one thing many activists around the world hold in com

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we visit a quilting exhibit at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. On our program this week, we will tell about an environmental study of the recent wildfires in California. We will also tell how some wat

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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. (MUSIC) Today, we tell about relations between the American colonies and Britain

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Winter in many places means ice skating, sledding and snowball fights. But unless someone is prepared, outdoor fun can also mean frostbite and hypothermia. Today we talk about how to stay warm, dry and

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In the sea, at the base of what scientists call the food web, are single-celled plants. These microscopic algae provide the energy for the web that feeds higher forms of life. Algae-affected waters

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VOICE ONE: Im Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. In the early eighteen hundreds, traveling in the United States was dangerous. Business and trading were limited. Then came the waterway called th

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Now, we continue our discussion from last week about the pay for professors in the United States. We looked at the averages. Today we narrow that to one example. Andrew McMichael Andrew McMichael is

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VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Rich Kleinfeldt with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we tell about the start of the American colonies' war for indepen

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Kurt Vonnegut And Im Shirley Griffith with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Kurt Vonnegut, a writer and thinker who shook up the country with his unusual writing style and subjects.

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Imagine that you want to buy a house but are not sure you could meet the monthly payments. Your credit history is considered subprime -- not good enough for the lowest interest rates available. But a

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Ben was awakened by a gunshot. The sharp noise came through the thick stone walls of the house. It was cold in the bedroom and Ben Newman was shaking as he got out of bed. He put on his eyeglasses and

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we take you on a trip through the northeastern state of Vermo