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Blast off 发射 Mack Dagger is a millionaire, who, since he was a little boy, has dreamed of flying to space. Now his dream is going to come ture. Mack gave the U.S. NASA Base ten million dollars to escort him on their next trip to space. After seve

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Marble of Michelangelo’s Dreams Still Being Mined Today

In 1517, the great Italian artist Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany. There, he found the marble of his dreams. Michelangelo thought the marble might even be better than that from nearby Carrara the place where he got marble for some of

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 24 September 2007 The European Union has condemned a bomb blast that killed at least two people and injured nearly a dozen others in Serbia's Kosovo Province. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest there is rising tension in

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 31 October 2007 At least eight people are dead and 56 have been injured following a bomb blast on a bus in the Russian city of Togliatti. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports that local authorities are treating the

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My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string instrument players in our town. He could not read music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it. When he was younger, he was a member of a small country music ba

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 02 June 2008 A large car bomb blast outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital has killed at least 8 people and wounded dozens of others. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports on the attack in an upscale Islamabad neighborho

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Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith. Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no command over the passions, no influential mo

SW China colliery blast kills 3, injures 4

GUIYANG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and four others injured, including three who were seriously injured, in a coal mine blast in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said Tuesday. The blast occurred around 5:25 p.m.

Sichuan colliery blast death toll rises to 45

PANZHIHUA, Sichuan, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Death toll from Wednesday's colliery blast in southwest China's Sichuan Province has climbed to 45, with one still missing, authorities said on Sunday night. Search was continuing in the Xiaojiawan Coal Mine in

如果我休息 我就会生锈

The significant inscription found on an old key---If I rest, I rust---would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest bit of idleness. Even the most industrious person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder th

VOA标准英语2008年-Ukraine Mine Blast Traps 37 Workers

By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 June 2008 At least 37 miners in Ukraine were trapped underground following a powerful explosion during maintenance work at a coal mine in the eastern city of Donetsk. Officials say the blast destroyed the main shaft of the

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From there he went to Italy, where he drove the hills of Tuscany with Redse and bought a bike so he could spend time riding by himself. 不久，他又从法国直接去了意大利，和女友在托斯卡纳的山间开车兜风。乔布斯还买了一

Anger Grows in Cyprus Over Munitions Blast

Thousands of demonstrators continued their march through the country's capital as anger spreads over the governments apparent involvement in an explosion at a naval base on Monday that left 12 people dead. At least 20 people have been arrested in con

如果我休息，我就会生锈

The significant inscription found on an old key---If I rest, I rust---would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest bit of idleness. Even the most industrious person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder th

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At least 41 people have been killed in a bomb blast in a crowded area of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say. More than 100 people have also been injured, a regional minister（部长） said. Officials and witnesses said a vehicl

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BRAZZAVILLE, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Six Chinese were killed and one was missing after Sunday's ammunition depot explosions in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, according to the Chinese embassy here on Sunday night. The victims belonged