Senate Gun Debate Moves to Judiciary Committee Mass slaughters of children in Connecticut, movie-goers in Colorado, college students in Virginia, and congressional constituents in Arizona have amplified calls for action. First to speak at the hearing

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(一月)

Did you know that people who make New Years resolutions are 10 times more likely to make a positive change than those who do not and if youre resolved to get healthy this year, then Dr. Mehmet Oz wants to help you. Hes here to tell us about his 11-we

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CDC is afraid is afraid to fund firearms research. David Hemenway, professor of health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Twenty years ago they were doing a tiny amount of funding for firearms research, $2.6 million a year, $2.6

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: War on Terror Turns to Iraq STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. GEORGE W. BUSH: Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is

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By Greg Flakus Austin, Texas 21 July 2007 Classroom scene from Chalk The world of public schools has been portrayed many times in motion pictures, but usually the school setting is used to either tell a sentimental story or a bleak dramatic story abo

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He faces life in prison, but remains defiant. In a New York court room, Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty to the failed car bombing of Times Square and threatened further attacks. He faces 10 charges in all. Amongst them, the attempted use of a weapon of

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This mass shooting in California happened 11 days after the one at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. And in the time between those two incidents, there were several other mass shootings that barely made headlines. As heartbreaking a

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next we have news of a side effect of booming cities where housing costs are soaring and people are priced out. People who can't buy in are moving to smaller cities. Think about San Francisco and Oakland, you know, or Manhattan a

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Sleep and Obesity A study published Monday found that people who sleep less tend to be fat. Monday's study covered 1,000 people and found that total sleep time decreased as body mass index -- a measure of weight based on height -- increased. Men sle

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Weknew from the radar measurements where Golevka was within a few tens of metres.And yet it was actually 12 or 15 kilometres away from where it was predicted tobe without Yarkovsky effect. So these very precise radar observations allowedus to see the

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 14 November 2006 Gunmen in Iraq dressed as police commandos have kidnapped as many as 100 people during a lightning raid on a Baghdad research institute. Authorities say at least three people were later released. It i

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 21 February 2008 The United Nations Mission in Congo says it has evidence rebels killed around 30 civilians in eastern Congo in an incident in mid-January. The region, a long-standing site of instability in Congo, was then in t

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Pope Benedict XVI has celebrated an outdoor Mass for more than 45,000 people in Washington, D.C. The pope expressed concerns about problems in modern society and once again addressed the sex scandal that has rocked the church. 罗马天主教皇本笃在

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A silent vigil held at a Senate building across from the Capitol is one of many demonstrations organized by government employee unions across the country to pressure lawmakers to end the shutdown or face retribution in the 2020 election. Voting reall

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The game manufacturer Bioware has announced that it will release further content for Mass Effect 3, following complaints from disgruntled users. The final part of the Mass Effect trilogy was released at the start of this month to great critical accla

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Captain Nemo walked in front, and his companion followed us a few steps to the rear. Conseil and I stayed next to each other, as if daydreaming that through our metal carapaces, a little polite conversation might still be possible! Already I no longe

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David Aikman is the Managing Director of the World Economic Forum. I think the initiatives like mass entrepreneurship and innovation as this kind of national strategies are encouraging the whole new generation of entrepreneurs, not only to create gre

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