Liberty is order. Liberty is strength. Look around the world, and admire, as you must, the instructive spectacle. You will see that liberty not only is power and order, but that it is power and order predominant① and invincible② that it derides a

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Fans hold pictures of Michael Jackson near the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles Thursday Fans around the world are remembering the man who called himself the King of Pop. Michael Jackson died Thu

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Stan Lee is the creative force behind some of the world's greatest comic-book super-heroes. He created iconic characters such as Spiderman, the X-men, Incredible Hulk and Captain America. For 70 years, Lee has led fans into a world where heroes with

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Three years ago today, hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf shore, creating unprecedented damage. Now fears that Tropical Storm Gustav could be eyeing the same general region. Currently an evacuation order is not in effect for New Orleans. But May

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An appeal to arms and the God of Hosts, is all that is left us. 对战争和战神的呼吁,是我们所能做的一切。 They tell us that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. 他们告诉我们说,我们是弱小的。无

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As a Ph. D. student, I actually had three projects I wanted to work on. Thank goodness my advisor said, why don't you work on the web for a while. He gave me some seriously good advice because the web was really growing with people and activity, even

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有关strength强壮的词汇 Section A: (保留原书内容,跟着音频君边读边记忆,体会单词的发音和用法) 1. bulwark /'bʊlwək/ n. 堡垒;保卫 -- wall-like defensive structure; rampart; defense; protection; safeguard Fo

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Lesson 70 The Captains Speech 上尉的演说 Words: dirge n. 哀歌,挽歌 disabuse v. 打消(某人)的错误念头,纠正,解惑 disadvantage n. 缺点,坏处,不利 disaffect v. (政治上的)不满,叛离 disapprobation n. 不赞成,非难 disapproval n. 不赞成 disarm v. 缴

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BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to rely on the people and bring benefit to the people in achieving the Chinese dream. The Chinese dream, after all, is the dream of the people. We must realize it by closely depen

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'Tough Mudder' Course Tests Mettle, Helps US Veterans Tough Mudder is not your typical run in the mountains; it is a world-class military-designed obstacle course. In fact, it's the type of thing you're told never to try at home with gut-wrenching ob

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The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departs Busan, Republic of Korea, 25 July 2010 The largest joint military exercise by the United States and South Korea in years is underway in the Sea of Japan. These war games were called in respo

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You're Gonna Hear Them Roar: 'I Am Woman' Is An Anthem Beyond Its Era DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here is one timeless song. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, I AM WOMAN) HELEN REDDY: (Singing) I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore. And I know too much to

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Stan Lee is the creative force behind some of the world's greatest comic-book super-heroes. He created iconic characters such as Spiderman, the X-Men, Incredible Hulk and Captain America. For 70 years, Lee has led fans into a world where heroes with

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...plant material at a time, and were talking about something huge. Surprisingly, it isnt something huge which allows these giant herbivores to grow big enough to be all but invincible. In fact, its something incredibly small, and something meat eate

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395. Fredericksburg, December, 1862. 395.弗里德里克斯堡(1862年9月) Burnside found Lee strongly posted on Marye's Heights, which rise sharply behind the little town of Fredericksburg on the southern bank of the Rappahannock River. 伯恩赛

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Beginners. How are you feeling? Are you well? I hope you stay well for the rest of the year, but that is not likely, is it? We all get ill sometimes. Here in the United States, people use the word 'sick' to mean ill. That word in the UK means vomit,

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By Jeff Swicord Washington 06 August 2007 In 1984 the legal drinking age in the U.S. was raised from 18 to 21 in all 50 states. That was in response to the number of drunk driving fatalities involving young people nationwide. But as VOA's Jeff Swicor

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The 100th anniversary of the ship they said would never sink has been remembered in a number of special events this week. It was on the night of April 15th 1912 that the world's largest ship, Titanic, struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage. The owner

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