Liberal and conservative political groups are bracing for what could be a divisive battle over the confirmation for President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The Senate will take up Judge Sotomayor's nomination sometime

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(五月)

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Nov. 26 This is the Top Five Countdown! Were giving thanks for the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending November 26, 2016. We have big news for you: we get a change at the

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Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 30 Were unveiling the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending January 30, 2016. The new year seems to have awakened the hit list, as we welcome a new title. Number 5: Se

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Workers finish the preparation and mailing of final Oscar ballots in January I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week -- the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its yea

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Grammy Organization Honors Bruce Springsteen with Humanitarian Award Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. It is February, you know what that means! Entertainment awards season has opened in the United St

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A resurgent Republican Party is basking in the afterglow of its best midterm electoral showing in 16 years. Republicans scored a huge majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, pared the Democratic majority in the Senate, and captured a slew of g

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: To push his agenda forward, President Trump will need one thing he doesn't have enough of yet, staff in key positions. President Trump has fewer appointees in place than any of his recent predecessors. Only a fraction of th

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

1. Despite protests, convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams is executed, the Crips gang co-founder's case stirred national debate about capital punishment and redemption . 2. Gunmen kill a Sunni Ara

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2005

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 08 February 2006 Placards for various artists sat on chairs they will occupy inside Staples Center during rehearsals Tuesday The top names in the music business will be

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The name, Quincy Jones, is synonymous with the best of American popular music. Iin a career spanning more than five decades, the producer has garnered 79 Grammy nominations and taken home 27 of the prestigious awards - the most of any living musician

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By Jeffrey Young Washington, DC 08 February 2008 With many state primary elections and caucuses already held, the U.S. presidential race is focusing on the delegates to each party's nominating convention later this year. In this segment of How Americ

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This is AP News Minute. Donald Trump Jr. has released an email chain, revealing his willingness to meet with a Russian lawyer last June, who he thought had damaging information on Hillary Clinton. Tuesday afternoon, the president came to his son's de

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The candidates for the Republican and Democratic U.S. presidential nominations are campaigning hard in advance of Tuesday's crucial round of contests in 22 states. That California, New York and Illinois are among the states where voters will go to th

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Today is the official Queens Birthday. It is not the Queens actual birthday. That is April 21st, but every year on the first Monday in June, we honour the Queen. The Queen also honours 175 New Zealanders on this day. She makes awards to people who ha

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By Jim Fry Washington 08 November 2007 Candidates for the U.S. presidential nominations often focus on domestic matters, but they turned their attention recently to several international issues. Democrats clashed over the war in Iraq and over what so

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 13 December 2007 The British drama Atonement leads the nominees for the Golden Globe Awards, announced early Thursday in Los Angeles. The honors are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and they mark th

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By Ravi Khanna Washington 07 December 2007 Voters in Iowa will be the first to pick among U.S. presidential candidates running for the two major political party nominations. A new poll shows, however, two of the contenders dominate the field in three

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American Idol alumni came out on top at the American Music Awards last month as Daughtry, the band fronted by Idol loser Chris Daughtry, shared the triple-winner spotlight with Idol champ Carrie Underwood. Daughtry capitalized on its three nomination

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Beyond 'Shallow': A Look At The Oscars Picks For Best Original Song MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: There were some surprises in this year's Oscar nominations, but this next conversation is about one that will have surprised absolutely no one who's been pay

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英国热情拥抱一带一路倡议;CIA为国争光给特朗普长脸 Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi Coming up: --China and the UK have pledged to strengthen their cooperation un

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