A Good Heart to Lean on When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly squirm at the s

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2016 Presidential Campaign Presents Unusual Media Challenges The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has presented unusual challenges to the reporters and media outlets covering it. One of the tenets of serious journalism in America is balance, but contr

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Some of the weirdest, most memorable technology this year came in the form of robots, and of course -- mostly from Japan Some of the weirdest, most memorable technology this year came in the form of robots, and of course they came mostly from Japan.

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I just was always one of those people who wished that I had something from my great, great grandmother, whether it be a brooch or just a note, just something from her. So I wanted to create something that my kids would be able to have from me and so

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PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Prime Minister, welcome to the Oval Office. I fondly remember my trip to your country. I remember the wonderful hospitality that you and your government gave to Laura and me. I remember the thousands of people lining the street o

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This was a question from one of our listeners in China: What does the expression to go down in flames mean? In todays episode, were happy to answer that and to give you some other related expressions. In this episode, youll learn about different situ

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图片1 Happy Holidays wherever you are! This year we asked what people wanted to know about the holiday season in Canada and we got some questions! In this episode, Harp and Maura answer these questions, talking about clementines and whether Christm

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The Gentleman Thief 怪盗亚森罗苹 He is handsome, charming, highly intelligent, and a master of disguise. He steals, but only from the rich, and marries four times. He travels the world using a number of names and his adventures are the talk of

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 16 August 2007 Comic book writer Stan Lee is the man behind some of the world's greatest fictional super-heroes. Today, at 84, the creator of the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and Spider-Man is still making his mark o

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By Doug Levine Washington 24 November 2006 Jazz singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli has never forgotten his musical heroes. One was Nat King Cole, whose trio inspired John to record two tribute albums in the 1990s. Another was Frank Sinatra, who, a

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Australian pop singer Ben Lee is a true prodigy. When the rap group The Beastie Boys discovered him a decade ago, he was 14 years old. So now he is all of 24 and he has just released his fifth solo album. Critic Sarah Bardeen says this singer is grow

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By David Byrd Washington 08 August 2007 San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds has passed Hank Aaron for the Major League Baseball career home run record. But the achievement is under a cloud because of allegations of steroid use. As VOA's David By

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By Crystal Park Washington, DC 19 December 2006 watch Entertainment 2006 report A long-awaited wedding extravaganza and some shocking and not so shocking divorces all made for a very interesting year in entertainment. But the spotlight went to Holly

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By Barry Newhouse Washington 04 July 2006 Across the United States, millions of people celebrated the Fourth of July holiday, marking the 230th anniversary of America's independence. An estimated half a million people gathered in Washington DC for t

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Remembering Remote Control Inventor Gene Polley Whenever someone leaves the earth having changed it, we like to make note of it. Not just the famous or notorious, but also obscure people who dreamed up something memorable or useful in our everyday li

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She shares a name with a former Hollywood star and Princess of Monaco, but her talent is all her own. This Grace Kelly is a jazz saxophonist who has won multiple awards, toured around the world, and played with famous jazz musicians. And to top it al

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Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor has died in Los Angeles at the age of 79. Her publicist says the actress had been hospitalized for six weeks and died of congestive heart failure early Wednesday.? The screen icon is remembered for several Oscar-winn

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary strait: a narrow waterway The International Date Line: an imaginary line in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where the time zones on either side are 24 hours apart border: a line that defines the ownership of a region time zon

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Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Freddy Krueger, one of the creepiest and most memorable villains from modern American horror films, is back on screen in a new and more grisly version of his tragic story in the 're-

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A hugely popular movie based on an Indonesian Islamic novel is drawing record crowds to theaters in Indonesia. Islamic novels, movies and songs are becoming increasingly popular in the country. 根据一部描述印尼伊斯兰教徒的小说拍成的电

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