New York City-based Pfizer Incorporated, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, has stopped research on torcetrapib, a drug they hoped to sell to treat heart disease. The drug was supposed to raise levels of what is known as good cholesterol. T

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THIS IS AMERICA -April 1, 2002: National Poetry Month By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: April is National Poetry Month. This year, five poets have been chosen to be honored. I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO

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A: What are you looking for? B: I have been looking everywhere for the library. A: How long have you been looking for it? B: Ive been searching for the library for an hour. A: I can help you. B: I would really appreciate your help. A: You do know how

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By Paul Sisco Washington 04 June 2007 Every year since 1974, the United Nations has declared June 5th World Environment Day. The theme of this year's series of events is Melting Ice a Hot Topic? VOA's Paul Sisco reports. For International Polar Year

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A Dutch court has ruled that The Netherlands owes nothing to the families of two Bosnian Muslims who were killed after Dutch peacekeepers turned them over to Serb forces during the 1995 Srebrenica massacres. For VOA, Lauren Comiteau has more from Am

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By Steve Schy Turin 17 February 2006 Without corporate sponsorships, the Olympic Movement as we know it today could not exist. It takes billions of dollars to finance the infrastructure and provide fo

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Many athletes depend on corporate sponsorships to help ease financial burden, which has become more difficult during recession Kane Farabaugh | Vancouver 21 February 2010 Photo: VOA Image K. Farabaugh Training to compete in the Olympics is a long and

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1. The work that Tim Pons and his colleagues published last week is basic research into the portion of the brain, the cortex, that one scientist says is responsible for all the interesting things we do. 剖析:在这个长句中, 共有两个定语从

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Winds in the east, mist coming in, like something is brewing, about to begin. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are beginning our descent into Los Angeles. Welcome, Mrs. P.L. Travers, to the city of Angels. It smells like... Jasmine? Chlorine. And sweat. Intr

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By David Gollust State Department 10 July 2007 The State Department Tuesday expressed understanding for the Pakistani government's decision to use force against militants holding the Red Mosque in Islamabad. A spokesman said Pakistani authorities mad

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 17 July 2007 Russia says it will have a targeted and appropriate response to Britain's expulsion Monday of four Russian diplomats. The two countries are at odds over the British probe into the poisoning death in London of a f

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By Brian Padden Turin, Italy 15 February 2006 watch Olympic Sponsors report Visibility for CocaCola, one of the corporate sponsors of the Olympics Much of the over $4 billion in revenue taken in by th

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Letter Attributed to al-Qaida Affiliate Cl aims Responsibility for Spanish Blasts Nick Simeone The death toll has risen to at least 190 after a series of bombs placed on rush hour trains in Madrid Thu

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Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly and covered them with a pair of old white gloves. As I

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Travis: I dont know how were going to keep our free sports program going without more funding. As it is, were strapped and I dont know how were going to continue. Megumi: I know youve been resistant in the past, but what about corporate sponsorship?

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COPENHAGEN, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Danish title holder and defending champion Jan Oe. Joergensen had no trouble whatsoever beating Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in Thursday's men's singles semifinals of this year's badminton Copenhagen Masters. Joergensen

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ROME, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Italian giants AC Milan will see their striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic sidelined in the clash against league leaders Juventus on February 25, as the Swedish international was handed a three-match ban on Monday. The Swede, who has

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A group linked to al-Qaida has taken responsibility for last week's rocket attacks from Lebanon into Israel. Two Lebanese women next to an Indonesian UN peacekeepers' armored personnel carrier on the border with Israel a day after rockets launched f

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 03 November 2007 Hotel owners, neo-traditional craftsmen, and others in the tourism trade from Senegal and the Gambia convened in Senegal's capital, Dakar, this week for the first ever sub-regional tourism fair to promote respo

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The director of the U.S. Secret Service says his agency was responsible for allowing an unauthorized couple to attend a White House state dinner last week. Chris Simkins | Washington 04 December 2009 MIchaele and Tareg Salahi, greet President Barack

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