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NPR 2009-08-31

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NPR 2011-01-20

Presidents Obama and Hu Jintao of China are trying to narrow the diplomatic gulf between their nations with promises to just keep talking. One of the most divisive issues is US concern over China's undervalued currency. President Obama's urging China

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Dealing with a rusty bicycle chain can be a messy affair, but an innovative new bike from Ikea solves that pesky problem. The furniture retail giant recently introduced its new Sladda bike, which uses an oil-free and corrosion-resistant drive belt ra

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The workshops are hidden throughout the narrow streets of Oltrarno. Artisans ply trades learned not in schools but through apprenticeships and years of experience. Silversmith Donato Zaccaro has been creating silver furnishings and tableware for over

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11.Acids are chemical compounds that,in water solution,have a sharp taste， a corrosive action on metals,and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable dyes red. 12.Billie Holiday's reputation as a great jazz-blues singer rests on her ability to giv

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1. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American antelope， or pronghorn. 2. Of the millions who saw Haleys comet in 1986， how many people will live long enough to see it return in the twenty-first century. 3. Anthropologists

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The remaining four candidates for the Republican nomination for the US presidency have faced each other in a televised debate in Florida. The front-runner Donald Trump came under fire for saying that Muslims hate America. He was asked if he thought t

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