单词:La Porte City
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Now, the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. On this program, we tell about common expressions in American English and explain how to use them. Today we talk about expressions involving Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is the b
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NOEL KING, HOST: Last month, Los Angeles County announced that the number of homeless veterans dropped by 18 percent. Those who are seeing this firsthand say that's good news. But LA still has the highest number of homeless veterans in the country -
By Greg Flakus Merida, Mexico 13 March 2007 Merida, Mexico, is the last stop on President Bush's tour of Latin America. There he will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who shares many of Mr. Bush's views on free markets, trade and develop
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