This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Smoking is the world's leading preventable cause of death. In the United States, smoking rates are down from the past, but cigarettes still cause about one-fifth of all deaths. Nonsmokers are also affec

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue now with our discussion of personal finance for students. A study in the United States found that eighty-four percent of undergraduates last year had at least one credit card. Half had fo

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VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a wave of crime taking place in the warm waters off the east coast of Africa. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The weather was good on th

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Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. As we reported in our last program, slavery supporters failed to push through Congress a bill to make Kansas a slave state. Congress, instead, let the people of Kansas vote o

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VOICE ONE: I'm Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about three people who helped make Hollywood the center of the movie industry. VOICE ONE: When you hear the name Hollywood, you pro

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama announced his choice for an opening on the Supreme Court. Judge Sonia Sotomayor at the White House after President Obama announced her as his nominee for the Supreme Court BARACK

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Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We test our geography skills at the National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C. Answer a listener question about the actress Meryl Streep And listen to new music

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The National Association for Business Economics has its latest predictions for the American economy. Most of the forty-five business economists questioned said they expect the recession to end in the

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