ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: What at first seemed like a standard bit of legalese has now created a controversy. The language appears in the contracts given to artists performing at this year's South by Southwest music festival. Musicians accuse the festival o

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: Martha Brockenbrough, a writer in Seattle and founder of SPOGG, the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. Five thousand people get her free e-mails about grammar, usage and w

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Percival Lowell's Work Led to the Discovery of the Planet PlutoWritten by Mario Ritter (THEME) VOICE ONE: Im Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And Im Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English program People in America. Today, we tell about Percival Lowell wh

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If you dial the wrong number it can be confusing and embarrassing. But how do you find out that you've made a mistake? And how can you check to be sure? imagine you've dialled the wrong number. What might the person who answers your call say? What

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The head of Spain's civil aviation said the Spanair plane that crashed in Madrid Wednesday must have suffered more than one kind of failure. Meanwhile, grieving relatives are continuing efforts to help identify the remains of the 153 people who were

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How the 'Mercury 13' Led the Way for Women in the US Space Program Im Steve Ember. And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a program in the nineteen sixties to train women as astronauts. Today they are known

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EXPLORATIONS - How the 'Mercury 13' Led the Way for Women in the US Space Program Im Steve Ember. And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a program in the nineteen sixties to train women as astronauts. Today

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By Barry Wood Tirana, Albania 26 September 2006 US Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, listens to Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic as they hold a joint news conference U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met Tuesday with Mont

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 29 March 2006 The Islamic militant group Hamas is officially in control of the Palestinian Authority after the group's 24-member cabinet was sworn in. The ceremony could mark t

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 25 June 2006 East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri talks on phone during a press conference at Fretilin party headquarters in Dili, the capital of East Timor, Sunday, June 25, 2006 East Timor's ruling party has voted to

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Mixed Views in Iraq on 10th Anniversary of US-Led Invasion It's early morning in central Baghdad's Bataween district. Out-of-work laborers huddle on the street hoping to pick up a day's wages. Abed Khaled is a house painter. He's been coming here for

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Tensions High in Lebanon as US-led Coalition Strikes Syria BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON As a U.S.-led coalition begins bombing Islamist militant targets in Syria, tensions are soaring in neighboring Lebanon. Syrian refugees continue to clamor to get in, fle

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The story of the Titanic that most people know is pretty straightforward - unsinkable ship sets sail. Ship hits iceberg. Ship sinks. A new documentary suggests an extra wrinkle in that 104-year-old story. The claim is that a coal

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By Jessica Berman Washington 15 October 2007 Astronaut Peggy Whitson is poised to become the first woman to command the International Space Station. Whitson and two new crew members arrived at the orbiting scientific outpost Friday to begin a mission

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By Margaret Besheer Washington 19 December 2007 A senior Turkish diplomat says U.S. intelligence shared with Turkey led to recent raids inside northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK. From Washington, VOA's Margar

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灵魂歌姬ledisi带来《I Blame You》!一个常年不打扮只是追求工作效率的女人,经过朋友的开导开始学习舞蹈随后逐渐改变,当她身穿性感紧身裙脚踩高跟鞋阔步走入办公室时无数人吃惊不已,最

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重金属经典:Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin,齐柏林飞船,来自英国的摇滚乐队,也是最权威的重金属摇滚乐队,鼓手John Bonham在滚石杂志评选出的100名最伟大鼓手中名列第二。这首Whole

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Ryan: Its really nice of you to make dinner for me. Its been a long time since Ive had a home-cooked meal. Corrie: Im happy to do it. First, though, lets see what you have in your fridge. Ryan: I have tons of food in there. Corrie: What is that? It l

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: Martha Brockenbrough, a writer in Seattle and founder of SPOGG, the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. Five thousand people get her free e-mails about grammar, usage and w

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Stairway To Heaven出自Led Zeppelin第四张专辑,这张专辑中诞生了多首经典曲目,其中Stairway To Heaven成为乐队的标志性歌曲,乐队也从此步入巅峰时期。 Artist:Led Zeppelin Song:Stairway To Heaven There's a

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