It was time for a haircut. Lenny didnt even have to look in the mirror. Even though he was going bald, he knew that he needed to cut his hair every two weeks. He had a tongue of hair on the top of his head. His hair was thinning at the crown. He stil

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IN THE NEWS - Obama Calls for Economy Where 'Everyone Does Their Fair Share' 新闻报道 - 奥巴马发表2012年国情咨文演说 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This week, President Oba

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By Sarah Dickens for sino.uk Crawling the last few hundred metres of its staggering 12,451 kilometre journey, the first ever Block Train' arrived right on schedule to applause from gathered dignitaries and industry officials. Just 17 days earlier, on

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Hairdresser: Would you please take a seat over there? There are some interesting magazines on the coffee-table. Shirley: Thank you. How long it take to get my son's hair cut? Hairdresser: It shouldn't be long. Thirty minutes, s. Are you in a hurry? S

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 24 August 2007 President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday opened the Moscow International Aviation and Space Show, the eighth such event in the Russian capital since 1993. At the opening ceremony, Mr. Putin emphasized the need to d

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ANNOUNCER: Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Daniel Webster In eighteen fifty, the United States faced the threat of a split between northern and southern states. The two sides disagreed strongly over the

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Millions of Americans Suffer From Hair Loss This is Science in the News, in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. And Im June Simms. Today we talk about hair. We will tell what hair is, how it grows, and some of the main reasons people lose it. H

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Sudanese Refugees Victims of Air Raid At least one Sudanese refugee was injured and 14 others are missing following an air raid Monday in South Sudan. The U.N. refugee agency says the attack occurred in Upper Nile State where Sudanese refugees have s

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The Farnborough International Airshow, held every two years in Britain, is a key event where new planes are displayed and flown and where orders are placed. This year there are indications that commercial aviation may be recovering from a year of los

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People mourn deaths of their family members at a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, 28 Jul 2010 Pakistan is observing a day of national mourning after 152 people were killed in the country's worst-ever air disaster. Officials say weather is imped

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This past wildfire season, there were unprecedented amounts of wildfire smoke in communities across western Montana. Instead of just issuing warnings, public health agencies tried something new - actually making the air cle

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Something has been happening recently that pleases me a lot. My newly planted roses have been flowering. For some reason I didn't expect them to make such a show this year, with them being new. My entryway project has continued, and I ended up planti

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