THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Life in the 1970s and '80s STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This week in our series, we look back at some of the social issues and c

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1. Find ways to boost your confidence This is the single most important indicator of success. Asshole bosses typically work to undermine your self-confidence the whole time. Don't allow this to happen. Recite your strengths back to yourself. Keep not

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -June 7, 2002: Who Is Uncle Sam / Digital Movies / Country Music Awards HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME) This is Doug Johnson. On

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By Nico Colombant Monrovia 26 February 2008 More and more disabled people in the war-scarred Liberian capital Monrovia are gathering in downtown areas begging for money, saying they are struggling to survive. The country's health minister says many p

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今天我们要学的词是signature。 Signature, 大家都知道,是签名的意思;但是除此以外, signature还可以用来指标志性的,独具特色的。 Health care reform is President Obama's signature domestic policy, 医疗保健

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By Scott Stearns White House 13 October 2006 U.S. President George Bush says tighter security at American sea ports will make the nation more prosperous and better prepared for possible terrorist attacks. George Bush speaks before signing the Securi

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By George Dwyer Washington 04 March 2008 For decades Washington's National Air and Space Museum has been among the city's top tourist attractions. It is an impressively large building - located within sight of the U.S. Capitol Building - and operated

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. University of Delaware scientists say trees can reduce emissions of dust, ammonia and odor from poultry farms Planting trees around poultry farms can improve air and water quality -- and please the

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 01 December 2006 Victims of African migration are not only young people who go on reckless trips trying to get to Europe. They also include those affected by economic migration within the continent. Among these are wives left

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 23 September 2006 Tens-of-thousands of Hungarians rallied Saturday and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in the largest anti-government demonstration so far. The protest comes nearly a week after a ta

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By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 21 March 2007 watch Tuberculosis US report Beginning around 1995, the United States experienced a steady decline in the rate of tuberculosis. But in the last three years, health experts have noticed something distur

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Iraq Taps Its Oil Riches, But Risks Deter Big Investment Iraq's government says recent explorations show the country could be sitting on the world's largest oil reserves at up to 350 billion barrels. The figure is unproven, but many agree that Iraq h

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High School Dropout Hits It Big on the Internet In 1931, famed author James Truslow Adams popularized the term American Dream. He said life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achieve

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Third Great Migration Might be in Progress In the early 20th Century, more than two million African-Americans left their homes and small farms in the South and moved to northern industrial cities to escape overt racism and search for better work and

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Tokyo Prepares As Scientists Predict Big Quake Earthquake alarms ring at Tokyo's Metropolitan Government headquarters, sending workers running for cover. Across the city, workers in another tower block react to a fire alert. It is part of a city-wide

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8:20 ----11:53 VOICE ONE: Low-carbohydrate diets or not, more people than ever weigh toomuch. The World Health Organization says this is a serious problem.It says the opposite problem, hunger, affects about eight-hundred-fifty-million people. But m

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By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 17 July 2006 watch Alcoholism report Most adult alcoholics in the United States began drinking before the age of 21. That's the result of a new survey of 43,000 Americans. Teenage girls in a bar I think girls my age

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By Ade Astuti New York City, NY 13 September 2006 watch Soccer Melting Pot This year's World Cup in Germany rekindled American interest in soccer. However, many immigrant communities in the U.S. have long been devoted to it. In New York City, for in

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 17 May 2006 The international community was urged not to support factions outside of the Somali government by a top official in the seven-nation regional grouping Intergovern

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Brittany: [ slurring her speech] I had a really nice time. Tri: Im glad to hear it. It was nice of Marie to set us up. Brittany: Yeah, she told me that you would be my soul mate, and she was right! Youre dreamy... Tri: Uh...well, thanks. It was reall

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