American Beauty《美国丽人》 ■ 公司裁员,员工被炒,在外企是常事。常事归常事,但情绪还是有的。经理把莱斯特叫进办公室,准备和他谈谈这一令人窘迫的问题。没想到他反告经理贪污,看来这厮是决意不想干了。破罐子破摔,说不准还能得到点好处。这一问一答玄得很,互

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 05 July 2006 Watch Boss Report A movie about 'the man of steel' and another one about a high-fashion boss lifted Hollywood to its second highest box office results for a July 4 weekend. Superman Returns showed why Supe

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Immigrant nannies. Stroll through any residential Manhattan neighborhood and you'll see these private child-care providers walking hand in hand with their young charges, feeding them, comforting them, taking them to the park. What is life like for th

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By Katherine Cole Washington 25 July 2007 The city of Taos, New Mexico, was known as the Solar Capitol of the World long before then-Governor Gary Johnson officially made that declaration in 1997. The high desert altitude of over two kilometers and c

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By David McAlary Washington 30 May 2007 U.S. health officials have quarantined an airline passenger who may have exposed others to a potentially dangerous form of tuberculosis. The unusual decision was made after the passenger took flights from the U

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 March 2007 A new report says the global tuberculosis epidemic has leveled off for the first time since the World Health Organization declared TB a public health emergency in 1993. WHO's Global Tuberculosis Control report fi

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By Paul Sisco Washington 23 March 2007 U.S. scientists in the United States say they have moved a step closer toward success in the fight against malaria, by developing mosquitoes that are resistant to at least one form of the deadly illness. More o

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in Moscow on a two-day trip pursuing arms and energy deals with his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports that U.S. interests may be affected by closer ties between Moscow

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Japan raised the severity of the Fukushima nuclear crisis from four to five on a seven-point scale of international nuclear events. Fears of radiation exposure has caused a run on salt products all across the region, including in China, where shopper

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Nick Cave素有音乐界颓废诗人之称,还有黑暗王子 哥特之王,痛苦批发商也是他的代名词, 在他的音乐里处处散发着一种无以名状的另界魔性和孤傲的诗人情怀。 They call me The Wild Rose-By Nick Cave (他们叫我野玫瑰) But my name was Elisa Day (但我的名字是Elisa D

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump's education secretary, Betsy DeVos, is going to be speaking to the annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC in Denver today. And her appearance drew hundreds of protesters who marched yes

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Biologist Jonathan Losos and I have at least one thing in common - we were both blown away by the late paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould's 1989 book Wonderful Life. Gould saw evolution as being all about odd contingencies, acciden

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DeVos To Make It Tougher For Defrauded Students To Seek Debt Relief AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It could become harder for students who were victims of fraud to get rid of their debt. That's because of new rules proposed by the Trump administration. It says

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After Luiz Gonzaga died in 1989, a statue was erected just outside Recife, the capital of his home state, Pernambuco. It marks the start of the Luiz Gonzaga Highway. Gonzaga had reminded Brazils city dwellers of the depth of music that exists out in

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Samba was born along the northeastern coast around the city of Salvador/back in the days of slavery. Salvador in Bahia state was the first capital of Brazil when it was colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century. The indigenous tribes who lived

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Samba and Choro both started out as the homegrown musical styles of the black workers and migrants whod moved to Rio. The songs of the early Samba singers dealt with the realities of everyday life in the city. In the early days, musicians faced not o

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And in April 1962, the two of them released Jazz Samba, reworking Joao Giilberto and Jobim songs like Desafinado. Remarkably for a jazz album, it became a best-seller and stayed in the American charts for a quite astonishing 70 weeks. Bossa nova sudd

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 11 February 2008 U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, a widely-respected foreign policy expert in Washington, has died of cancer at age 80. VOA's Deborah Tate looks back at the extraordinary life of the California Democrat. Tom L

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 17 May 2006 watch Terrorism report European countries are preparing a package of incentives to persuade Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment program. As tension rise

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Todd: OK, Matt, we're going to talk about adjectives. What is strong? Matt: Austrian coffee. Todd: Yeah, Austrian coffee is strong. Can you get Austrian coffee in Japan? Matt: Well, I'm not sure. They serve Viennese coffee. Which is supposed to be fr

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