PEOPLE IN AMERICA - February 24, 2002: Barbara Cooney By Avi Arditti ANNCR: Now, the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the life of Barb

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All I wanted was a cozy log cabin in the state of Maine, somewhere deep in the woods, to hang out under the stars. It was to be my first vacation with my boyfriend, and I wanted it to be perfect. So rather than waste money on a guidebook that was bou

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AS IT IS 2016-08-30 Obama Names New National Monument in Maine 奥巴马命名缅甸新纪念碑 President Barack Obama has named a new national monument in the northeastern state of Maine. Businesswoman Roxanne Quimby gave the 35,000 hectares of lan

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This is AP news Minute. 1.The Food and Drug Administration is advising all U.S. blood banks to start screening for the Zika Virus. Friday's move by the FDA is a major expansion of the US intervention, aimed at protecting the nation's bloods by for th

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今天讨论的话题是读书..... Harp: Pretty good. Im a little bit tired right now because I just came back from a work trip. Andrew: A work trip? Like a business trip? Harp: Yup. I was on a business trip to our Portland, Maine, office. Andrew: P

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320. Treaty with Great Britain, 1842. 320.与大不列颠签订条约(1842年) Perhaps the most important event of Tyler's administration was the signing of the Treaty of 1842 with Great Britain. 也许泰勒政府最重要的一件事是1842年与

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In these ways slavery had ceased to be a vital institution north of Maryland and Kentucky. 通过这些努力,在马里兰和肯塔基北部已经不存在有效的奴隶制机构, Why should slavery be allowed west of the Mississippi River? 为什

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(WA) The Old Canada Road is a long-lost trail between the Canadian province of Quebec and Maine, in the northeast corner of the United States. Yes, it really was lost, and finding it again was a complex process that involved state-of-the-art technol

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Hello everyone, I'm Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. A push-back on the bailout plan in Congress. Earlier today, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hoped to hav

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Scott Stearns President Bush marked Earth Day with a new program to better protect American wetlands. The president's presumptive Democratic challenger, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry said that Mr.

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1.Colorado fire crews are trying to figure out why a television station building went up in flames. A competing station says the fire started at Grand Junction's KREX this morning. The cause is under investigation. 2.Just a day after competitions in

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In 1973, as a young birding instructor in Maine, Kress began transplanting hundreds of downy puffin chicks from Newfoundland to Eastern Egg Rock, and later on to several other Maine islands. Stephen Kress made his name by bringing Atlantic puffins ba

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THIS IS AMERICA #1266 - Penobscot Indians Revisited By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, March 28, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE T

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February 15th, 1898We have remembered the Maine U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blows up in harbor of Havana, Cuba then a Spanish colony. More than 260 crew members on board are killed in the blast. War breaks out between the U.S. and Spain months

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February 15th, 1898, We have remembered the Maine. The U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blows up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, then a Spanish colony. More than 260 crew members on board are killed in the blast. War breaks out between the U.S. and

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February 15th, 1898, We have remembered the Maine. The U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blows up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, then a Spanish colony. More than 260 crew members on board are killed in the blast. War breaks out between the U.S. and

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February 15th, 1898, We have remembered the Maine. The U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blows up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, then a Spanish colony. More than 260 crew members on board are killed in the blast. War breaks out between the U.S. and

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Michael: Mom, I dont need a new coat. I like my old trench coat. Its comfortable, and I can use it as a raincoat and an overcoat. So what do I need a new coat for? Lisa: If youre going to visit your aunt in Maine, youll need something warmer than a t

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1. In Maine, the Republican Party is holding a caucus. So far, turnout is heavy. The votes help determine the state's 18 convention delegates. Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 2. Prayers for the president of the Mormo

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1.Democrats in Maine are braving snow and cold winds to vote in today's caucuses. Twenty-four delegates are up for grabs there. Meanwhile, on the Republican side, Mike Huckabee says he has no plans of stepping out of the race any time soon. His stat

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