VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. We turn our attention this week to the NBA, the National Basketball Association, and its growing international reach. (SOUND) VOICE ONE:

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rabbits in a cage Rabbits are easy to raise. The long-eared animals are clean and quiet. They do not need a lot of room. And you do not have to spend a lot of money to feed them. With rabbits, you

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about the Marshall Plan /P Play music from Mary Chapin Carpenter /P And report about a place that helps animals heal. Gent

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Biodiesel is made from plant oils or animal fats. Producers of this renewable fuel often use oils like soybean or palm oil. But a wild plant called Jatropha curcas (JAT-ruh-fuh KUR-kas) is getting

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This is a three-day weekend for millions of Americans in observance of Columbus Day on Monday. A holiday can be a good time to see new places. And for a hungry explorer i

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. On our program this week, we will tell about an effort to make a world map of light pollution. We tell about studies linking sea ice to

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (THEME) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We listen to some music from King Wilkie /P Answer a question about the American movie rating system /P And report about a new book by Jenna B

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations says more than eight hundred fifty million people do not have enough food. For this year's World Food Day observance last week, VOA reporters examined the current causes of hunge

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We listen to some music from a record company that helps listeners explore different musical traditions /P And we answer a question about Wal-M

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. October sixteenth is World Food Day. The campaign chosen for this year by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is The Right to Food. The aim is to demonstrate that human rights are increasing

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Names Are Read to Mark 25th Anniversary of Vietnam Veterans Wall By Dana Demange and Nancy Steinbach / Broadcast: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On o

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Discovery That Stored Blood Loses a Life-Saving Gas Could Solve Mystery By Lawan Davis, Soo Jee Han and Caty Weaver / Broadcast: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm S

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EDUCATION REPORT - Number of Foreign Students Rises in US By Nancy Steinbach / Broadcast: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A new report says the number of foreign students at colleges and universities i

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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Water: She Is In Hot Water By Marilyn Christiano / Broadcast: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We listen to a new album from singer songwriter Eric Benet Answer a listener question about the difference between the United States Navy and Marine servic

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations says more than nine hundred million people worldwide do not have enough to eat. Officials say one hundred million more could go hungry this year because of the food, fuel and fin

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Governments, businesses and other groups have promised to add three billion dollars to the fight against malaria. The promises came last week at a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The money wi

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Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Four of the first five presidents of the United States came from Virginia. They were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe. The second president

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VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Tony Riggs with People in America. Today we tell about writer Willa Cather. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The second half of the nineteenth century brought major changes to the United States. From its earlies

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. An American named Malcom McLean invented a better box and changed the world. He designed the shipping containers that today carry most of the world's goods. Standardized containers can go on ships,

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