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Jane is great at taking care of everyone in her life. She has even assisted 27 friends in planning their weddings. Now, she is busy helping her sister put together a dream wedding. There is just one problem: Jane is in love with her sister's fiance1,

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Ted Hughes I climbed through woods in the hour-before-dawn dark. Evil air, a frost-making stillness, Not a leaf, not a bird,-- A world cast in frost. I came out above the wood Where my breath left tortuous statues in the iron light. But the valleys

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Today I have a special show for you because it's September 24: National Punctuation Day, a holiday created by an educator named Jeff Rubin. To celebrate the day I had a punctuation contest and today's show highlights two of the winners. Other winners

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by Mignon Fogarty People often ask how to use ellipses, those little dot-dot-dots you often see in e-mail messages. For example, Mitra from Michigan asked, When is it appropriate to use '...' in writing? People use it all the time, and it seems like

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By Carolyn Weaver New York City 27 November 2006 watch Comedy Festival report Comedians from around the United States came to New York recently [Nov. 14-19] for the fourth annual Arab-American Comedy Festival. The event featured six nights of stand-

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By Brian Wagner Miami 19 July 2007 Brazilian prosecutors are seeking to suspend flights at the country's busiest airport while investigators study a plane crash that killed at least 189 people. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports aviation officials

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After you have greeted your guests, you will begin to go through the main body of your presentation. It's very useful to have some visual aids - some slides, pictures or graphs that help explain what you are saying. Sometimes they can also help to k

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Ne ga weon ha neun de ro Ja sin in neun mo seub keu dae ro I jek keo sum gyo watteon bi mi leul Ne ga mo du mal ha go sipeo (Baby) Funny How All Dreams Come True Na lul ji kyo jul kkeo ya Ak kyeo watteon ja geun sa lang do Funny How I Feel For You Ne

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 20 July 2007 Pakistan's Supreme court has reinstated its chief justice, Iftikhar Chaudhry, four months after Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf suspended him. His controversial dismissal on March 9, and his subseq

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The Pentagon has welcomed Pakistan's raid on alleged terrorist bases in its northwestern region, but says counter-terrorism efforts need to be made on a sustained basis. Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell (File) Press Secretary Geoff Morrell say

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A: Can we choose a time to look at houses together? B: Can you do that in the mornings, or would the afternoons be best? A: Either way is good for me. B: There are a number of open houses this weekend in your area. Would that okay with you? A: I can

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A: Oh, I am not sure I even want to look at this house! B: It is a bit of a fixer-upper. Lets take a look inside. A: It doesnt look much better inside this place. B: You know, with a little elbow grease and paint, you could spruce it up a bit. A: The

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A: This house is not looking all that great from here B: You cant really tell everything about a house from the outside. Lets go inside. A: I dont think that it is looking any better inside here. B: I think that fresh paint and cleaning would help it

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A: From the looks of this house from the outside, I dont really think that I want to go inside. B: From here, it does look like it could use a little work. Lets see what the interior looks like. A: I am not impressed by the interior of this house. B:

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Todd: Hello, Daniela, how are you tonight? Daniella: Hi, Todd. I'm fine, thanks. Todd: Now, you were showing me a picture of a horse. Daniella: Yes. Todd: And you were saying that female horses and male horses are different. Daniella: They behave dif

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By Kent Klein Washington 07 June 2008 Senator Hillary Clinton has abandoned her quest to become the first woman elected President of the United States. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington, where Clinton called on an enthusiastic crowd of suppor

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 26 February 2008 Negotiations between Kenya's government and the opposition have been suspended. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, the two sides have been unable to agree on the terms of a power-sharing arrangement to brea

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The U.S. economy had a net gain of 227,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3 percent. Some industry experts say Friday's employment data is the latest in a series of generally upbeat economic reports showing the economy

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Human Rights Watch says at least 10 people are being detained without charges in Ethiopia, following an operation in early 2007 that covertly transferred terrorism suspects between countries in the Horn of Africa region. As Derek Kilner reports from