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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 December 2006 Nigeria has confirmed its status as the most populous country on the African continent, announcing its population has exceeded 140 million. Gilbert da Costa reports the announcement sought to avoid some of
26After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, 2Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families-all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel. 3So on the plains of Moab by t
He turned to page two. He filled in the boxes for his wife. He marked an X in the correct boxes for his wife. Where do I sign my name, he wondered. He looked at every page. There was no blank space to sign his name. He was done. That was easy, he tho
He opened his mailbox. He looked at the envelope. It was the U.S. census questionnaire. He shook his head. How long would this take, he wondered. He went back to his apartment. He opened the envelope. Another envelope was inside. He unfolded the ques
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 March 2006 Nigeria's long-delayed head count has started rather sluggishly. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA that logistical problems could be a major challenge to what au
By George Dwyer Washington, D.C. 27 March 2006 watch Hispanic Business report A new report from the United States Census Bureau shows that between 1997 and 2002, Hispanic-owned businesses grew nearly
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 March 2006 Administrative lapses, violence and deep-seated suspicions continue to plague Nigeria's census efforts. The organizers are under a lot of pressure to deliver, w
Burma's Rohingya Face Census Dilemma 缅甸罗兴亚族人面临人口普查困境 Burma, also known as Myanmar, is conducting its first census in more than three decades, at a time when ethnic and religious tensions are high. Census workers are expe
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Census Bureau has announced the way that it will count active-duty military and prisoners for the 2020 census. Those policies could add to the official population and thus the power in Congress of areas that host military bas
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The head of the U.S. Census Bureau is preparing to face a major challenge. His agency is required by law to count every person living in the U.S. in 2020. But the bureau is running into many hurdles, including a legal fight over a
How The 2020 Census Citizenship Question Ended Up In Court RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A trial begins today that may determine whether a controversial new question will stay on the 2020 census. The question is as follows. Quote, is this person a citizen of
英国王室刚宣布小公主的名字: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. 把女王、黛安娜王妃的名字都放了进去。不过大家以后应该都会叫她Charlotte。这个名字也是2015年至今最受欢迎的10大女孩儿名字之一。今天
Business Ethnic advertising One message, or many? 商业 种族广告 要一个还是多个声音? The uses and limitations of ethnic ads 种族广告的使用和限制 IN THE television series Mad Men, a 1960s adman makes a pitch to a television-m
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 November 2006 Nigeria's National Population Commission is set to announce results of last March's national census next month. Censuses are controversial in Nigeria and the expected announcement comes at a politically sen
The big numbers of the Chinas internet keep getting bigger. 中国互联网行业的大数字在不断变得更大。 Last Monday, ecommerce group Alibaba announced that it had hit a target of Rmb3tn ($462bn) in annual sales, a number that is more th
Ethnic advertising 种族广告 One message, or many? 要一个还是多个声音? The uses and limitations of ethnic ads 种族广告的使用和限制 IN THE television series Mad Men, a 1960s adman makes a pitch to a television-maker whose sales
下面是美国百佳电影中的经典台词,希望在你欣赏的同时也能学到地道的英语: 1.Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. Gone with the Wind, 1939.坦白说,亲爱的,我不在乎。《乱世佳人》(1939年)毫无疑问,
BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's average life expectancy rose to 74.83 years as of the end of 2010, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS used data from the sixth national census to calculate the figure, which is 3.43 years
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The partial government shutdown is over, so hundreds of thousands of federal workers are heading back to work today. But all throughout the shutdown, one government agency was actually in the midst of a massive recruiting effort.
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a legal battle growing over a controversial new question on the 2020 census. It asks, is this person a citizen of the United States? A ruling in one of the lawsuits over the question is expected soon from a federal judge in