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DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week, a special year-end show, we answer a question about the famous New Years Eve party in New York Citys Times Square. Play some music we missed. And ta
Ed Sanders, Author Of Manson Family Biography, To Sell Massive Archive play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:03repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your
In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin arrived in Brazil in 1832, and began documenting the enormous biodiversity of the rainforest of Rio de Janeiro province. In his diary, he mentions par
Like so many who grew up in the Depression, his fear of poverty colored his life. He could not stand personal waste. If one of my brothers or I forgot to screw the cap back on the toothpaste tube, my father threw it out the bathroom window. We would
In 1959, I wrote my autobiography for an assignment in Mrs. Kings sixth grade. In twenty-nine pages, most half-filled with earnest scrawl, I described my parents, brothers, pets, house, hobbies, school, sports and plans for the future. Forty-two yea
Once upon a time in the dead of winter in the Dakota Territory, Theodore Roosevelt took off in a makeshift boat down the Little Missouri River. After several days, he caught up and got the draw on them with his trusty Winchester rifle, at which point
Something as complex as his election, you can make 17 films about it. Not quite 17, but at least 3 new films about Barack Obama are hiting the mainstream. Ice cream booth. Can i have a lick? You can. On television, HBO will premiere BY THE PEOPLE on
A memorial service at St Petersburg St. Isaac Cathedral today for the victims of last weekend's Russian plane crash in Egypt Sinai desert. Hundreds of mourners crowded into the world's fourth largest cathedral for the service. All 224 people on board
13 John Stuart Mill 约翰斯图尔特穆勒 John Stuart Mill was born on 20 May, 1806 in London. 约翰斯图尔特穆勒于1806年5月20日出生于伦敦。 His father was the influential radical thinker James Mill. 他的父亲是当时非常有影
Autobiography of Nobel Prize Winner: Gerardus’t Hooft “A man who knows everything.” This, reportedly, was my reply to a school teacher asking me what I'd like to become when I grow up.I was eigh
Rosanne Skirble | Washington 09 December 2009 Having witnessed signs of global warming in Antarctica, polar explorer Robert Swan has dedicated his life to saving the fragile wilderness Among the many activists at the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit is
America's 30th president has been largely ignored by historians. Calvin Coolidge was sworn into office in August 1923, after the death of President Warren Harding. Elected in his own right the following year, Coolidge left office in 1929. Now, his le
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Musician Gregg Allman, founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, has died at age 69. He passed away at his home in Savannah, Ga., after battling liver cancer and other health problems. He had a major role in defining the
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If you take a look at the best-selling books in the UK these days, it is almost certain that there will be a handful of autobiographies in that list. Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, actor Michael J Fox and rapper 50 Cent have all written them. An autob
Justin Bieber was recently honored at Variety magazines 4th Annual Power of Youth event in Los Angeles, and he loves being able to use his celebrity status to help other people. 近日,贾斯汀-比伯被《综艺》杂志授予为其第四届年度最
20.Itcanbeinferredthatthediscussioninthepassage ofBlassingame’sworkprimarilyserveswhichoneof thefollowingpurposes? (A)Itaddsanauthority’sendorsementtothe author’sviewthateditednarrativesoughtto
14.Whichofthefollowingbestsummarizesthe mainpointofthepassage? (A)Thepersonalintegrityofanautobiography’s editorhaslittlerelevancetoitsvalueasa literarywork. (B)Autobiographiesdictatedtoeditorsarele
Teddy Pendergrass (R) performs at the Good Neighbor Community Outreach Celebration, Philadelphia, in this Aug 2000 file photo Legendary rhythm-and-blues singer Teddy Pendergrass died of colon cancer January 13 at a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylva
Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林 Franklin's parents were both pious Puritans. The family attended the old South Church, the most liberal Puritan congregation in Boston, where Benjamin Franklin was baptized in 1706. 富兰克林的双亲皆为虔