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AZUZ: If NASA were to track American shopping habits through the seasons, it'd be expecting the whole country to light up in the days ahead. The traditional holiday shopping season used to start with Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and cont
Transcript of the Prime Minister's Broadcast on the Environment and Business Friday 27 October 2000 One of the usual criticisms of Governments and politicians is that they are all words and no action. So it was a bit of a novelty this week to be und
London's transport agency has introduced a bicycle rental system throughout central London to encourage people to ride bikes rather than drive, take taxis or use other public transport. It's an effort to alleviate congestion on London's overcrowded r
29 Telecommuting Telecommuting-- substituting the computer for the trip to the job ----has been hailed as a solution to all kinds of problems related to office work. For workers it promises freedom from the office, less time wasted in traffic, and h
You are on Just One Thing today. Come on over this way. Dr. Lawrence Rosen is with us this morning. And let's just talk a little bit about allergy season because he is the pediatric columnist for Kiwi magazine. And now April, the worst month for alle
It will be another challenging day for the airlines and their passengers as they try to get their planes back in the air. Adelaide flights will resume shortly with Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra following as today progresses. But its likely to take d
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 15 January 2008 The world's cheapest car, made by an Indian manufacturer, has triggered unprecedented interest in a country where only eight people in every thousand own a car. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha has a report
Advocates for self-driving cars love to tout the benefits the cars would bring, such as fewer accidents and less congestion. Another alleged value of being a passenger rather than a driver is more productivityyou could work rather than concentrate on
Pre-Listening Vocabulary traffic jam: the loss of vehicle flow on a roadway congestion: heavy traffic that prevents vehicles from moving quickly rely on: to require help from others haul: to carry a heavy load expressway: highway; roadway where vehic
Telecommuting-- substituting the computer for the trip to the job ----has been hailed as a solution to all kinds of problems related to office work. For workers it promises freedom from the office, less time wasted in traffic, and help with child-car
Three-dimensional cell phones and batteries that last much longer are just two of the techonogies that could become commonplace in the next few years. For the fifth year, IBM has looked at the horizons of research, picked five technologies and announ
By Tendai Maphosa London 01 May 2008 Millions of Londoners are voting for mayor. The three top candidates were among the first to cast their votes. Tendai Maphosa has more in this report for VOA from the British capital. Incumbent London Mayor Ken Li
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks at the Australian Labor Party campaign launch at the Brisbane Convention Centre in Brisbane, Australia, 16 Aug 2010 Australians will choose a new government on August 21, and both major parties promise t
The fastest train in the US, known as Acela, reaches speeds of 241 kilometers per hour and only operates between Washington, New York and Boston Europe and Asia have enjoyed high speed passenger trains for years, but the United States has lagged behi
Topic1 Journalists must heed ethics in accident coverageAs the whole country prays for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, there is public discussion as to how journalists should balance between news reporting and media ethics. Family members
Over the past three years, we've been clawing our way back from the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. 过去三年来,我们一直在我们的一生中经历过的最严重的经济危机中缓慢恢复。 And we know it will take longer than a
Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are joining with President Barack Obama to aid the earthquake-stricken people of Haiti. The two former presidents returned to the White House to discuss what they and the American people can do t
By Akiko Fujita Tokyo 01 October 2009 Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pledges Thursday, 01 Oct. 2009 to do his utmost to bring the Olympics to Tokyo in 2016 as he prepared to go to Copenhagen for the big vote The International Olympic Committ
Malaysias Prime Minister has ordered the navy to conduct the search in rescue mission for thousands of refugees adrift at sea. Foreign ministers in Malaysia and Indonesia will travel to Myanmar today for crisis talks. Many of the refugees are ethnic
Topics: Ask an American: Commuting; start versus begin versus start off versus start on; a place to live versus a place to live in; might-have-been Words: congestion central public transportation to switch over to gradually rush hour peak in excess a