These holes are the unmistakable hallmark of a violent death. Their shape suggest they were made by the teeth of a big cat, but which one? Today theres only one large cat in the region, the Florida panther. Though similar to the cougar at the western

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But how did one man and a spear produce the huge force behind this blow? The answer lies with small bits of ivory like this. They were once part of an atlatl, or spear thrower. An atlatl acts as a sort of catapult, magnifying the strength of a hunter

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THIS IS AMERICA - Watching a Film in Your Car, Before the Age of the Small Screen From VOA Learning English, welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in Special English. Im June Simms. Drive-in movie theaters are considered an American invention. Drive-ins became

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EXPLORATIONS - Edwin Hubble Changed Our Ideas About the Universe and Its Birth EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Today, Richard Rael and Tony Riggs tell the story of American astronomer Edwin Hubble. He changed our

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Education Report - Coming to Terms With Academic Titles at US Colleges 教育报道 - 美国大学学术头衔术语 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音特别英语教育报道。 Not everyone who teaches in a coll

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Challenges Ahead for Foreign Troops in Mali French President Francois Hollande got a hero's welcome Saturday in the liberated northern town of Timbuktu. Hollande's visit marked an end to what French and Malian officials say has been a successful firs

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US College Students' Inventions Help Developing Countries Many small-scale farmers in East Africa find it hard to grow crops year-round because of drought or too much rain. So a student team from Pennsylvania State University came up with the idea of

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第七十三届奥斯卡最佳电影歌曲。由西洋音乐史上最具代表性的巨擘人物鲍勃-迪伦(Bob Dylan)自1973年后近30年来首度再次为电影Wonder Boys所量身打造。 英文歌词: A worried man with a worried mind No one in front of me and nothing behind There's a woman on my

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Arab World Faces Serious Poverty, Food Security Challenges A new report says Arab countries face a serious food security challenge and that poverty rates are much higher than official numbers suggest. It blames the situation on vulnerability to volat

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UN Chief Warns of Perils Ahead of Climate Change Conference The first decade of this century was the hottest on record, and the vast majority of scientists attribute the changes to greenhouse gases that trap heat in the lower atmosphere. Those gases

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Kerry: Syrian Refugee Crisis Challenges International Community Secretary Kerry and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh came to the Zaatari camp, where nearly 120,000 people are living in what has become a small city scraped out of a dry plain 12

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Obama, Burmese President to Discuss Reform Progress, Challenges November 2012. Barack Obama becomes the first serving U.S. president to visit Burma. He meets with President Thein Sein, who has led a bold but cautious reform process since 2011 after d

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[00:00]Re:But what am I saying? You guys are pros. The best. [00:05]I'm sure you can make it out of the casino. [00:08]Of course lest we forget once you're out of the front door, you're still in the middle of the fucking desert! [00:17]Rs:You're

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By Steve Schy Turin 15 February 2006 If you think you are too old or too young to compete in the Olympics, you may be in for a shock. As VOA's Steve Schy covers the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Ital

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The list of accolades is long for Rita Moreno. She is the only Latina to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony for her work. And this weekend, she received a different award for her advocacy. The Ellis Island Hono

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Innovative Electric Aircraft Win Green Flight Challenge We often hear about hybrid cars, which run in part on electricity and can travel about 20 kilometers on a liter of fuel. Engineers are also experimenting with another mode of electric transporta

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By Kane Farabaugh New York City 21 November 2007 The sale of Burmese gems has become the target of a growing boycott following the violent crackdown of pro-democracy protesters in Burma in September. While Burma's ruling military government holds ano

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By Crystal Park Washington, D.C. 03 May 2006 watch College report The U.S. Census Bureau says a college graduate will earn almost twice as much money as a high school graduate during a career. That ha

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A senior U.S. official says Moscow's decision to invade Georgia is having a major impact on the Russian economy with financial markets losing nearly a third of their value. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details from Washington. U.S. Undersecre

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Obama Seeks to Contain College Costs President Obama told the students the rising cost of college is slowing efforts to strengthen Americas economic future. Since most of you were born, tuition and fees have more than doubled. That forces students li

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