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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. An estimated one-third of all people are infected with tuberculosis. Most have latent, or inactive, cases. They do not suffer coughing, increased body temperature or other signs of active TB. A tub

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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 Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman pilot. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman was born in Atla

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We listen to music from Katy Perry Answer a listener question about how parents teach their children about money But first, we look at the television famil

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VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about Paul Robeson. He was a singer, actor, and civil rights activist. In the nineteen thirties, he was one of the

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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. It is autumn in the northern part of the world. So it is time to play some of our favorite songs about this season. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: P

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VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Millions of people in the United States like to spend their holidays enjoying nature. They carry everything they will need with them. Today we tel

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study from the World Health Organization says fifty-nine million people died from all causes in two thousand four. Ten million of them were children. The report says almost half of all the people

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study from the World Health Organization says fifty-nine million people died from all causes in two thousand four. Ten million of them were children. The report says almost half of all the people

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about getting an American education online. A student named Hendra has written to us from Indonesia asking about a good online university. Finding the

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Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson became president of the United States in March of eighteen twenty-nine. Thousands of his supporters came to Washington to see him sworn-in. Many

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: A massive earthquake in China's Sichuan province earlier this year was the country's worst in more than 30 years. And I'm Barbara Klein. Scientists who study

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Early estimates show that the United States economy shrank by three-tenths of one percent from July through September. Economists had predicted a five-tenths drop. But Thursday's report from the Comm

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Cows, sheep, goats and other animals can get mastitis, an inflammation in the udder, the organ where milk is produced. Milk from an untreated cow is still relatively safe to drink. But the milk is

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We listen to music from the Four Tops, whose lead singer, Levi Stubbs, died recently Answer a listener question about the electoral college in the United S