AA: I'm Avi Arditti and this week on WORDMASTER: we're back with linguistics professor Pamela Munro, editor of the latest edition of a dictionary of slang used at the University of California, Los Angeles. Some of the terms may be exclusive to the ca

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92 歌曲是捍卫劳动者权利最好的武器 THIS IS AMERICA - September 3, 2001: Labor Movement SongsBy Carolyn Weaver and Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: Labor Day is an American holiday that (1)honor

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上周日,安东尼奥古特雷斯成为第九届联合国秘书长。联合国前秘书长潘基文任期到(2016年)12月31日结束。 Guterres is a former prime minister of Portugal.At the U.N., he served as the High Commissioner for Refuge

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AS IT IS 2015-11-17 Aung San Suu Kyi Attends Parliament 昂山素季重返议会 Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attended Parliaments closing meeting on Monday. Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party won a st

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Officials say it was the largest demonstration in French history, with turnout across the country estimated to be at least 3.7 million, with nearly half of that total gathering in Paris. French news media say more people showed up in the capital than

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Japan's economy 日本经济 On a mission 使命在身 A rare reformist zeal is emerging in post-quake Japan. The government ignores it at the countrys peril 震后日本出现了少见的改革热情。政府不顾国家安危,对此置若罔闻 T

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1. 丹麦(Denmark) - 4.24 2. 波多黎各(Puerto Rico) - 4.21 3. 哥伦比亚(Colombia) - 4.18 4. 冰岛(Iceland) - 4.15 5. 北爱尔兰(N Ireland) - 4.13 6. 爱尔兰(Ireland)- 4.12 7. 瑞士(Switzerland)- 3.96 8. 荷兰(Netherlands)- 3.77 9. 加拿大

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PARIS, April 20 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande expressed Saturday wholehearted solidarity to the Chinese people and the government after a devastating earthquake hit China's southwest Sichuan Province. France salutes the courage and m

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阿尔及利亚谴责贝鲁特爆炸事件 ALGIERS, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Algerian government on Thursday strongly condemned the deadly bomb attack that shook the Lebanese capital of Beirut, which left six killed and more than 70 others injured, APS

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普京与埃尔多安握手言和Putin and Erdogan pledge to end stand-off and restore friendshipThe Russian and Turkish presidents vowed to restore their friendship yesterday, ending an eight-month stand-off over the Syrian conflict as economic pres

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G8 set new global warming targets Leaders of the G8 leading industrial countries have agreed to try to limit global warming to just 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial levels by 2050. The summit, in the Italian city of L'Aquila, also set tough new target

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European Union members are pulling all their ambassadors from Belarus after its the authoritarian government ordered the Polish and EU ambassadors out of the country. Belarus ordered the envoys to leave in reaction to new EU sanctions imposed against

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VOA News May 01, 2012 - Hundreds of thousands of workers are taking to the streets in cities around the world to mark International Workers Day with marches and calls for higher pay and better working conditions. In Europe, workers filled the streets

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In these past three years, Meu Rio grew 在过去的三年里,我的里约已经成长为 to a network of 160,000 citizens of Rio. 一个覆盖十六万里约市民的网络。 About 40 percent of those members are young people 这些人中有40%是

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ATHENS, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Greek voters' resounding NO to the international creditors' debt deal offer in Sunday's landmark referendum does not mean a rift with Europe, but a YES to a viable agreement, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a te

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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Chapter Five BY EIGHT O'CLOCK the light was failing. The loud speaker in the tower of the Stoke Poges Club House began, in a more than human tenor, to announce the closing of the courses. Lenina and Henry abandoned th

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MONROVIA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- An Africa Union-backed 76-member Nigerian medical contingent, comprising nurses and doctors, has arrived in Liberia as part of the response to Ebola Virus Disease eradication in the country. The Nigerian medical team, whi

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PARIS, July 8 (Xinhua) -- France on Monday condemned recent violence in Egypt, calling on all parties to exercise restraint to avoid further escalation of tension. France condemns the violence that broke out these past days, wherever it comes from, s

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I'm now very proud to be a part of Intervoice, 身为众声喧哗的一员,我引以为荣! the organizational body of the International Hearing Voices Movement, 它是国际听声组织的筹划单位 an initiative inspired by the work of Professo

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general intro: The Color Purple is a 1982 eistolary novel 书信小说 writtenby American author Alice Walker that won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fictionandthe National Book Award for Fiction. Taking place mostly in rural Georgia, the storyfocus

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