The unemployment rate is fallen to 8.2%. Fewer people were included in March's employment tally because fewer were looking for work and 120,000 jobs were added to economy in March. That's about half the number from the month before. President Obama i

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Big funding, little results. Bosses playing games. Workers filing complaints, and the Air Marshals, well, the service was established to look after you, but apparently, it can't even take care of itself. CNN's Drew Griffin investigates. Kyra, the wid

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Explanation: Voting is one of the important rights (or freedoms) that Americans have, but not everyone can vote. The Constitution, which is the most important legal document in the United States, has 27 amendments (or changes or additions to the Cons

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(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: Fifty-two. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Four-hundred-and-fifty-three. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Twenty-five. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Time for some number crunching from our data expert, Mona Chalabi of fivet

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Books and Arts 《图书与艺术》版块 Art, gender and conflict 艺术、性别和冲突 The puppet-mistress of Mali 马里的木偶女王 The struggles of the only female practitioner of a venerable art form 古老艺术形式唯一女性传承者

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After three war-themed escapades, the series strayed into other genres for which the studio was well known. 拍摄了三集战争主题的剧集之后,这一系列转向了电影公司其它被大众熟知的类型。 Firstly, into gothic horror...

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is one versus you. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga is going to help us determine the best way to talk in general terms about the average person. Bonnie says, If you want to talk about people in general, should you say, It

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IN THE NEWS - International Day Aims to Bring Violence Against Women Out of the DarkBy Brianna Blake Broadcast: Saturday, November 25, 2006 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. For years, activ

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After Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump, some wondered how many voters were unwilling to elect a woman for president. Now, a New York show is helping to provide some answers. It is recreating important moments from the three Trump-C

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In his book Into Thin Air, the harrowing account of the ill-fated 1996 expeditions to Mount Everest, mountaineer Jon Krakauer recalls his sense of foreboding as he helicoptered into the Himalayas with an ad hoc team of amateurs. 登山家乔恩.克拉考

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JeongMee Yoon, Korean photographer, has spent the last five years on the Pink and Blue Project : photographing boys and girls with their gender specific-coloured belongings。 韩国摄影师 JeongMee Yoon花了近五年的时间进行一项粉色和蓝

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First lady Michelle Obama beat out heads of state, chief executives and celebrities to rank as the world's most powerful woman in Forbes(福布斯) magazine's annual listing on Wednesday. Kraft Foods Chief Executive Irene Rosenfeld, who led a hos

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After three weeks of fighting between people who support and oppose Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, other world leaders are calling the situation in Libya a civil war. Rebels have taken control of several cities. The Libyan army has fought to regain s

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This is Scientific American's 60-second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. When it comes to lizards' sex, size dose matter. But not in the way you might think. Because in the June 4th online issue of Journal Current Biology, sci

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Over the past 50 years more and more women have entered the work force. And theyre increasingly taking on jobs that have traditionally gone to men. Now

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Stereotypes are usually the last thing to change in the face of contradictory evidence. A case in point is the long held belief that boys are better at mathematics than girls. Well a meta-analysis to be published in the journal Psychological Bulletin

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carl Kasell. Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island are holding presidential primaries today. It's a close race for Democrats between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. On the Republican side, John McCain's co

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Libya's military is unleashing more air strikes on rebel positions in a campaign to end the revolt against leader Muammar Gaddafi. Warplanes are pounding areas east and west of the capital Tripoli. They brought down on the oil port of Ras Lanuf and c

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雅思作文考的题目非常广泛,比如学习历史是否重要?在2008年新年刚过,考了一道题目明天是最重要的。 雅思考试的作文命题,充分体现了英国人教育的理念,是把人作为社会的人,要求考生

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Time is running out for my friend. While we are sitting at lunch she casually mentions she and her husband are thinking of starting a family. We're taking a survey,she says, half-joking. Do you think I should have a baby? It will change your life, I

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