Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States, serving one term in office. He was born on December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, New York and died of heart failure in 1862. His father was a tavern keeper and farmer. Van Buren was the first

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William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States. He was born in 1773 into a wealthy plantation-owning family. He studied classics and history at college and then began studying medicine in 1791. In that same year, Harrison switche

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Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. He was born in 1743 in Virginia and died on July 4, 1826. He was the third of ten children and grew up on his father's 5,000-acre plantation. He studied law at college. Jefferson is frequ

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Yale-The Cradle of Leadership 耶鲁大学--总统的摇篮 In the American history, some 5 presidents graduated from Yale: the 27th President William Howard Taft, the 38th President Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 41st President George Bush, the 42st Presi

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VOA Learning English presents America's Presidents. Today we are talking about George Washington. He was the first president of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1797. But he had many other accomplishments, too. He owned thousands of hectares

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29 格罗夫·克利夫兰总统的第二任期 DATE=5-24-2001 TITLE=THE MAKING OF A NATION #142 - GROVER CLEVELAND/SECOND PRESIDENCY, PART 2 BYLINE=FRANK BEARDSLEY Voice one: The making of a nation -

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50 总统轶事--罗斯福和达夫特(2) DATE=8-9-2001 TITLE=THE MAKING OF A NATION #153 - THEODORE ROOSEVELT nbsp; VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- A PROGRAM IN SPECIAL ENGLISH. (THEME) June

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President 总统 The president is a leader of a country. 总统是一国领导人。 The president represents his or her country toward other countries. 总统代表国家与他国开展活动。 The president is serving for a country. 总统为国家服

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Could France elect Barack Obama president? Not really -- but that's not stopping the organizers of Obama17, a guerrilla campaign trying to entice the former U.S. president to head to Paris. 法国会选举贝拉克奥巴马当总统吗?不见得--这

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71 大卫·麦卡罗笔下的约翰·亚当斯总统 DATE=7-20-2001 TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #827 - New Interest in John Adams BYLINE=Paul Thompson HOST: (Start at 0'51

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49 总统轶事--罗斯福与达夫特(1) Date=8-2-2001 Title=the making of a nation #152 - Theodore Roosevelt nbsp; At the beginning of the nineteen-hundreds, however, it (1)expanded its interests th

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Ivory Coast President Passes Key Peace Reforms 象牙海岸总统通过了关键的和平改革 Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has used special executive powers to pass key peace reforms, more t

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U.S. President Barack Obama says his role in this year's election to pick his replacement is to remind Americans that the presidency is a serious job. 美国总统奥巴马说,他在今年总统大选中的作用就是提醒美国民众,担任总统

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LUANDA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Tuesday appointed Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco as defense minister, according to a press release from the Civil Affairs Office to the Presidency. In a presidential decree, Ed

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厄瓜多尔总统内阁重新洗牌 QUITO, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa on Monday reshuffled his cabinet after his party suffered major setbacks in local elections. Paola Carvajal replaced Maria de los Angeles Duarte as min

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菲德尔卡斯特罗在哈瓦那会见阿根廷总统 HAVANA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro met Sunday with visiting Argentine President Cristina Fernandez. Local media reported that Castro lunched with Fernandez, who is in Ha

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Barack Obama's favourite TV shows: Boardwalk Empire, Modern Family and Homeland 奥巴马的最爱美剧:黑帮剧《大西洋帝国》、喜剧《摩登家庭》和反恐剧《国土安全》 Mr Obama admitted his taste in TV is a little darker th

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Europe 欧洲 Slovakia Political Misery: Family Drama 斯洛伐克政坛疑云:家庭大戏 Who kidnapped the president's son? 是谁绑架了斯洛伐克总统的儿子? In August 1995 Michal Kovac Jr, whose father was president of newly indepen

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Presidential libraries 总统图书馆 Style and guile 风格与骗局 The search for a home for Mr Obama's library and museum has begun为奥巴马图书馆和博物馆找家的工作已经展开 AT THEIR best, they are lively classrooms of democrac

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With the anniversary of the 22nd Amendment on Friday, Constitution Daily looks at two hot-button topics: Should a President be allowed to serve a third term? And should members of Congress and the Supreme Court have term limits like the President? 本周

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