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When Harry met Sally Scene 1 When they first meet, Harry is dating Sally's friend, Amanda. They both are leaving the University of Chicago for New York City, and Harry gives Sally a ride. Song: But yo
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Public schools in the United States have to be neutral about religion, even though they close for holidays like Christmas. The Constitution separates religion from government. Researcher Charles Hayne
Police are pouring over a 1,500-page manifesto by the man suspected in the terrorist attacks on Norway's government headquarters and at an island retreat for youths. He writes of his deepening mistrust for Muslims and the left-wing politicians he bla
From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. A majority of lawmakers in the GOP-led house supports of balanced budget amendment to the Constitution but not by enough to pass the proposal. The measure aimed at forcing Congress to balance its budget
A showdown in the Lone Star State over history and how it's taught. Here is CNN's national correspondent Gary Tuchman. The people on the Texas Board of Education are not professional historians but that doesn't stop them from controversial and confid
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History Series: The Heart and Spirit of the Constitution When the Constitution was written, a majority of the states already had their own bills of rights. So some delegates questioned the need for a national one. T
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President Barack Obama says Congress can find a bipartisan solution to prevent an August 2 government default. But White House officials are highly critical of Fridays changes in Republican legislation to raise the borrowing limit. White House Press
JUDY WOODRUFF: As we heard, there were vocal opponents of the president, thousands of them, protesting across Washington throughout this day. Most of them were peaceful. But a number of incidents turned violent late this afternoon. A limousine was se
The world this week-Politics Hillary Clinton announced that she is running for the White House in 2016. 本周政治新闻 希拉里克林顿宣布将参加2016年的总统大选。 She vowed to get unaccountable money out of politics once and for al
Children under 12 will be banned from sitting beside vehicle drivers from March, 2017 in Shanghai. 自2017年3月起,上海未满12周岁的未成年人将禁止坐在副驾驶上。 The ban is part of the city's new road and traffic management law
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday urged its members to step up efforts to complete its governance reform package inked last year. The Executive Board of the IMF has reviewed progress toward implementation
Subject: Stick to the guns. 迷你对话 A: Some of my colleagues look down upon me, because I am considered to be a man without my own standpoint. 我的一些同事瞧不起我,因为我被认为是一个没有自己立场的人。 B: You should
Hello! Im June Simms in Washington. Thanks for joining us again for another As It Is! At this time of the year, people all around the world are looking back at the past 12 months. What was good about the year? What was not so good? And what should I
Explanation: The government of the United States is a representative democracy, which means that citizens vote for people who then represent them in the government, making laws and decisions that reflect (or are the same as) what the citizens want. C
新GRE考试阅读部分机经Fourteenth AmendmentThe Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in1868, prohibits state governments from denying citizens the equalprotection of the laws. Although precisely what the framers
From NPR News in Washington, Im Jeanine Herbst. Russias Upper House of Parliament has passed an amendment that would ban Americans from adopting Russian children, Jessica Gallaher reports from Moscow the measure still has to be signed into law. All 1