One of the problems with trying to use less stuff is that sometimes we feel like we really need it. What if you live in a city like, say, Cleveland, and you want a glass of water? Are you going to take your chances and get it from the city tap? Or sh

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The first Newspoll of the federal election campaign shows the ALP has a commanding lead over the Coalition. Today's poll puts Labor 10 points ahead on the two-party preferred basis. Labor's primary vote stays steady at 42 per cent while the Coalition

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1. The optimists and dreamers are lining up across the country to get their chance at the mega millions Jackpot. The 636 million dollars prize, one of the largest in US history, could grow by Tuesday nights drawing. 2. President Obama huddled with ex

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This is AP News Minute. President Donald Trump said he wants to see free, fair and reciprocal trade with Japan as he sat down with the country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Officials signaled Trump is open to considering e

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What Makes Dogs Such Great Sniffers?是什么让狗狗拥有极好的嗅觉呢? Watch a dog greeting the world with its nose, or following invisible trails of scent, and you might wonder what youre missing. In one study, dogs were able to smell a p

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Can Oxygen Be Toxic?氧气有毒吗? In order for us to live we must have oxygen, so how can it be bad for us? Today we explain how oxygen can be toxic. 氧气是我们生存所必需的,所以它怎么会对我们有害呢?今天我们来解释为

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Lamella-bone - the microscopic structure of cortical bone gives it the appearance of concentric or parallel plates ( from Latin, lamella, the diminutive of lamina, meaning a plate or leaf). Lamina pro

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Microbiology - the study of the microscopic forms of life. Microfilaments - are the smallest filaments of the cytoskeleton. The filaments are made of hundreds of actin molecules, stacked in a line. Th

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Sara在公司走廊上看到同事Henry. Sara: Hi Henry, how was your weekend? Henry: Excellent! I went down to the malland got myself one of those new minicomputers. S:You mean the new Orange SuperCom 4? I've seen ads for those on TV!They look reall

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1. Benjamin Netanyahu is warning that Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb by next summer. Speaking before the United Nations, Israeli's prime minister says the world must draw a clear red line to make Iran back down from its

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This is AP News minute. Monday marks the first day of new normalize relations between the United States and Cuba. In Washington, people gathered to watch the Cuban flag was raised over the reopened embassy. It's the first time the flag was flown sinc

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Former Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso is widely expected to assume the post of Prime Minister this week. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports, Aso is a pro-American leader whose party faces a serious political challenge if it does not address domestic ec

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Iceland's prime minister says his country needs about $6 billion in loans to recover from the global financial crisis, as Reykjavik's central bank hikes its interest rates by a massive six percentage points. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from London.

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Palestinian workers arrive at dawn at the Nilin Israeli checkpoint, between the West Bank and the Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit. (File) Palestinian leaders recently announced a ban prohibiting Palestinian laborers from working on Jewish settlemen

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PursuingAcademicAdequacyinCollege College students are back in class across America. But not all of their courses involve the rigor of, say, paleontology or advanced calculus. Every American college has what are called gut courses. Theyre ones in whi

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a rare visit to the West Bank, where he reaffirmed Moscow's recognition of a Palestinian state. With drums beating, schoolboys parading, and scores of people lining streets decked with Russian and Palestinia

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Displaced in CAR Struggle to Get Enough Food 中非共和国的无家可归者努力获得充足的食物 BUOAR, C.A.R. Bouar lies about 450 kilometers west of the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui. The town has become a refuge for thousands

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Beyond Plastic Bans: Creating Products To Replace It LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Plastic pollution is a big problem. And there are a growing number of campaigns to ban plastic waste. That's putting pressure on companies not just over straws but all ki

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Tommy: I wanted to talk to you about last night. Laurel: you mean how I saved your asses? Youre welcome. Tommy: ok, first of all, we shall never, ever speak of that ever again. And secondly, I think you know that I meant the other thing. Laurel: I do

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -June 14, 2002: New Memorial to Dr. Seuss / Question About Father's Day / Music by Bonnie Raitt HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME)

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