The chaotic 2016 presidential election has highlighted the defects in the US election system and the dysfunction of democracy. The email-gate uncovered by the release of the Democratic National Committee emails stunned the world, and showed that the

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1. It's on the New Hampshire for the Republican presidential candidates. The latest tallies of Mitt Romney topping Rick Santorum by just 8 votes, it's the closest Iowa caucuses result ever. 2. President Obama goes to Ohio Wednesday to make his case a

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THIS IS AMERICA - American Civics: Law, History and Political Science Combined By Jill Moss / Broadcast: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty with Faith Lapidus. Our subject this

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1. oolong (tea),乌龙茶。 eg: Back in the days of martial law (1949 to 1987), democracy activists gathered here over pots of oolong tea to strategize. 早在台北实施戒严时期(1949年至1987年),民主运动人士会在这里聚集,要

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Explanation: More than 800 years ago, in a city in England, a group of men got together to create a new kind of government. At the time, England was ruled by a king, but the king did not follow the same laws as the rest of the people. So these men wr

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模仿文本: Let's begin though with English Premier League football, Arsenal are up to fifth in the table after a 5-2 victory at bottom club Reading. Spanish international Santi Cazorla hit a hat-trick while Theo Walcott also scored, having play

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Thank you all very very much for being out here today. Let me just make a brief comment and take a few questions. We dont have an endless amount of time. I have to get back. Let me just say this. This country today in my view, has more serious crises

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autocrat n 独裁者(拥有无限权力的人)=dictator=tyranny=despotism=totalitarianism 【记】auto自己,crat统治-自己统治-独裁者 【参】autocratic[SAT](adj 独裁专制的);autocracy(n 独裁政府);demo

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THIS IS AMERICA - Answering Five Questions about Civics in the United States By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, October 25, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm

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As the breakaway republic of Somaliland grapples with a severe drought, medical workers are struggling to aid people left weakened by malnourishment and hunger. A 70-year-old hospital in Erigavo, the capital of the Sanaag region, is operating beyond

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Economics focus经济聚焦 Degrees of democracy 民主的程度 More education does not necessarily lead to greater enthusiasm for representative politics 受教育程度越高并不一定对代表制政治产生更大的热情 Jun 23rd 2011 | from

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Walt Whitman By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Sunday, April 04, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Phoebe Zimmermann with People in America in VOA Special En

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LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal centre-half Johan Djourou will be sidelined for four weeks due to a shoulder injury, the club said on Tuesday. The Swiss international has undergone(经历) exploratory surgery on his shoulder, which was dislo

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很多学生问怎么快速提高四级词汇量,有什么方法可以让单词不仅仅是记忆单词,而是记住了就可以不忘,下面小编为大家带来的这篇文章就是借助词根记忆四级词汇,希望可以帮助大家高效

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President Barack Obama has formally eased long-standing sanctions on Myanmar. 奥巴马总统于日前宣布,已经正式解除对缅甸的长期制裁。 Mr Obama issued the executive order weeks after meeting Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San S

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President Barack Obama and other G8 leaders wrapped up a two-day summit in the French coastal town of Deauville with harsh words for the governments in Libya, Syria and Iran but promises of billions in aid for democratic transitions in Egypt and Tuni

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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has accused Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of undermining democracy in Russia. Gorbachev spoke to the BBC in an interview Thursday, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of a failed coup aimed at removing hi

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Explanation: The idea behind the words We the people is one of the most important ones in a democracy. A democracy is a government where the citizens (the people who are part of a country) vote for and elect (or choose) the people who will govern (or

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Today marks China's annual youth day. Chinese Youth Day was established in 1949 to commemorate the beginning of the May 4th Movement. The movement in 1919 was a student protest that grew out of dissatisfaction with the Treaty of Versailles. It is see

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