VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Eleanor Creesy. She helped to guide one of the fastest sailing ships ever built. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The name Eleanor Creesy

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VOICE ONE: This is Phil Murray. VOICE TWO: And this is Richard Rael with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we begin the story of President Lyndon Johnson. VOICE ONE: Former

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Economics is a field based on mathematics. Yet it cannot provide answers to every problem. Some people question whether economics is a science

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VOICE ONE: Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week we look at an industry that is facing major changes -- the automobile industry. (MUSIC) On the road, near Yosemite, California Americans, pos

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. A house for sale in Cleveland, Ohio Investment banks have long played a part in the financial system. But the recent crisis over securities based on risky home loans has brought them new attention. In

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about five important building designers widely considered some of the top architects at work today. They are Robert Venturi, Frank Gehr

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VOICE ONE: Im Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program, People in America. Today we tell about one of the countrys greatest labor leaders, Samuel Gompers. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Samuel Gompers Samuel Gompers w

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Some milk drinkers like what they call real milk, also known as raw milk. This is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. A cow named Iris is milked for raw dairy products under a cow sh

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English We begin a series of programs about efforts to keep alive old ways of doing things that are culturally important. Today we tell about a large ou

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VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today we tell about some important policy decisions during the first term of Pres

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. A listener from Indonesia named Efendy asks why the Federal Reserve is so important and how it works. This week offered a good example. The Federal Reserve System is the United States central bank. I

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VOICE ONE: I'm Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about writer Edith Wha

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. At La Colombe coffee A capuccino made by Doug Wolfe at La Colombe shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, you can enjoy a tasty cup of coffee as you rea

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Forty years ago this week, Israel, fearing a threat of destruction, defeated three Arab Israeli soldiers stand at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest place, which was captured by Israel 40 years ago from J

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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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