[00:00.00]Part B You will hear a lecture on John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln. [00:08.88]Answer questions 6--10 while you listen. [00:14.34]Use not more than 5 words for each answer. [00:19.70]You will hear the recording twice. [00:23.54]You now ha

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Unit 78 The American Civil War The American Civil War, the greatest war in American history as well as the only war fought on American soil by Americans, in which 3 million fought and 600,000 died. It was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans 25 August 2006 The American Society of Civil Engineers released a report in New Orleans Friday assessing problems with levees and pumping stations that led to the flooding of the city after Hurricane Katrina hit it a year

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By Jim Malone Washington 25 January 2007 An elderly white man in the southern state of Mississippi faces federal charges of kidnapping and conspiracy in connection with the 1964 murders of two African-American men. The case is the latest in a series

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By Meredith Buel Washington 30 January 2007 A new report by an independent policy and research organization says Iraq is rapidly descending into an all-out civil war and urges U.S. officials to begin planning how to contain such a conflict to avoid w

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MLK Holiday Celebrates Late Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s rise as a civil rights leader began in 1955 when he spearheaded the drive to desegregate public buses in Montgomery, Alabama. By August 1963, Reverend King's push for equal righ

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'God Didnt Choose Sides' - Civil War Songs About Real People Sam Passamano, II, head of the Rural Rhythm Records label, is a Civil War buff. When he got to work producing an album of songs inspired by the Civil War, he had something different in mind

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Obama Praises Predecessor Lyndon Johnson's Civil Rights Legacy 奥巴马赞扬美前总统约翰逊民权贡献 President Barack Obama applauded his predecessor Lyndon Johnson for a civil rights legacy that eventually led to the election of the first

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 03 August 2006 The commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East told Congress Thursday that militants are trying to push Iraq into civil war, but he also said he believes the Iraqi government and military can prevent that if

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Only about 930,000 out of 1.39m qualified candidates attended national civil service exam on Sunday. More than 460,000 applicants chose no show for the exam, which means the possibility of passing the exam has increased as one out of 33 are expected

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Activists Push for Right to Counsel in US Civil Cases People who are charged with crimes in the United States have a constitutional right to have an attorney provided to them by the government, if they can not afford one on their own. Legal advocates

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5月23日,爱尔兰就同性婚姻合法化举行公投,超62%投票者支持同性婚姻合法化,成为首个通过公投将同性婚姻合法化的国家,也是全球第20个允许同性婚姻的国家。 请看相关报道: Ireland has

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