By the mid-nineteenth century, the term “icebox” had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade gre

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Crazy Horse Was Chief of the Lakota, a Warrior and a Holy Man VOICE ONE: I'm Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell the story of a Native American,

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UN Assists Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Conflict The U.N. refugee agency continues emergency airlifts to aid thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan. The fighting between government forces and rebels is taking place in two Sudanese states Blue N

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Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a c

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US Drought Could Trigger Higher Beef Prices Beef prices may be headed upward due to a severe, lingering drought in the southern United States which is putting a major financial squeeze on the regions cattle producers. Across Texas cattle country, liv

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By Michael Bowman Washington 10 September 2006 On the eve of the five-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the Bush administration says anti-terror efforts are making progress at home and abroad. VOA's M

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By Sonja Pace Damascus 09 February 2007 The U.N. high commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres, says the international community has a moral and political obligation to help the nearly four million Iraqis who have been internally displaced, or who

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By Brian Padden Paris 25 June 2007 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter The Paris Air Show is one of the most extensive displays of aviation and aerospace in the world. The commercial aircraft industry comes to sell the latest technology to anyone who can affor

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By Barry Wood Washington, DC 16 March 2006 watch Montenegro report Montenegro coastal territory The mountainous, sparsely populated coastal territory of Montenegro on May 21st will hold a referendum o

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In U.S. politics, there is no issue that divides Democrats and Republicans more than their vastly different views on the role and size of the central government. That political divide is at the heart of the intensifying debate over the federal budget

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Official: Federal Agencies Didn't Share Information Before Boston Bombings The bombings spread panic among runners and their supporters. But first responders reacted quickly, saving many lives. At this first Congressional hearing, Republican Represen

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A: How may I help you? B: I would like to return an item. A: What are you returning? B: I want to return this cellphone. A: Is there a problem? B: It's broken. A: What exactly is wrong with it? B: The phone turns off by itself. A: That's fine, but do

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All lava has a chemical signature that tells scientists where it came from and when it was erupting. The higher up the old volcano, the more pristine the rocks will be. They are the last remaining evidence of the eruption which created this volcano m

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By Al Pessin Washington 04 December 2007 The commander of U.S. forces in Europe says Turkey needs to deal with Kurdish violence using counterinsurgency principles that go beyond military force and focus on eliminating the reasons for the popular disc

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 April 2006 The UN refugee agency warns some 200,000 Sudanese refugees who fled to Chad from Darfur would have nowhere to go were they to be expelled from the country. A UNHCR

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By Paula Wolfson Merida, Mexico 14 March 2007 President Bush has spoken out on an issue that has made headlines in Washington and created tensions between Congress and the White House. The controversy surrounds a decision by the Justice Department t

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今天我们要学的词是refund。 Refund, 退款。 Ticket holders are entitled to a refund if the concert is canceled due to inclement weather, 如果演唱会因为天气原因被取消,入场券可以退钱。现在坐飞机行李要收钱,不

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 13 December 2006 Kofi Annan is completing 10 years as U.N. secretary-general to applause and ovations from his legions of fans. In a series of scripted events, he is reliving the glory days of his first term, when he

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By Tom Rivers London 10 November 2009 Britain's PM Gordon Brown during his monthly news conference at 10 Downing Street in London, 10 Nov 2009 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the costly, lengthy fight in Afghanistan must go on, but he says

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今天我们要学的词是defuse。 Defuse, 有缓和,平息的意思。 The training will give the police necessary tools to defuse hostage situations that could possibly become deadly, 培训的目的是为了让警察掌握各种必要手段,设

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