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A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.

AMERICAN STORIES - Bartleby By Herman Melville Broadcast: Saturday, December 03, 2005 ANNOUNCER: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Our story this week is called

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Obama administration says American schools should produce students who are college and career ready. What is the best way to do that? One group that has some ideas is the National Center on Educat

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Libyan rebels and government forces have staged several offensives in the battle for control of the country. To get a clearer picture of the situation on the ground, VOA's Susan Yackee spoke to our correspondent Phil Ittner who is currently in the op

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By Crystal Park Washington, D.C. 16 January 2006 watch report on Apple Apple Computers had a strong sales year in 2005, thanks in part to the hugely popular iPod. It has an 83% share of the market. Ap

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Efforts to Stop Polio Continue FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty. On our program this week, we tell about efforts to defeat the disease polio.

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Adrienne: So, what's your favorite day. Sorry. What is a perfect day in Montreal? What would you do? Lisa: That's a great question. The perfect day would start on Sunday. Wake up in the morning. Go to St. Viateur's Bagels for fresh bagels with cream

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Todd: Hello, Ann! How are you doing? Ann: I'm fine. Todd: Ann, could you introduce yourself and tell people where you are from? Ann: Yeah, my name's Ann Hutchingson and I'm from Montreal, Canada. And right now I'm an English teacher in Tokyo, Japan.

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Lisa: Montreal in the summer is beautiful temperature. It's about 25 to 32 degrees. Not very humid. The days are warm. The nights are cooler and it is a wonderful place. You can go to Old Montreal which is very European. You can go to downtown Montre

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Adrienne : So, Lisa, you're Canadian, right? Lisa: I am. I'm a very proud Canadian. Adrienne: And, I believe you're from Montreal. Lisa: I am. Adrienne: Can you tell me a little about your hometown? Lisa: Sure. Montreal is a big city for Canadian sta

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DALLAS Officials in Dallas, Texas and the surrounding county of the same name are continuing to spray by land and air in an effort to suppress mosquitoes that spread the West Nile virus. Health officials have reported more than 200 cases of fever cau

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Egyptians lined up for hours Monday to take part in the nation's first post-revolution parliamentary elections. While logistics for the staggered, three-month process are daunting, so far, voters seemed pleased to be able to make their voices heard.

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accessories of drilling machine
ad truck
aerophobe
air liquefaction
Altiplano, Meseta
amphoterism
automotive rim section
backplate assembly
bleached bees wax
Border Region currency
calibration of thermometer
carbon monoxide gas
chiridius gracilis
chylema
condensation of gaseous metal
conditional extraction constant
congenital contracture
conservation scheme
container carrying vessel
Cranfield
Croftiella
cumuliform (cuf)
cyclic psychosis
definite time-lag switch
detail estimate sheet
differential-gear
Digital Imaging
dunsheaths
duplicator method
durable material
eitaro
El Aguacate
engine keelson
ex-friends
ferrycraft
fibre-optic data link
float around
footed bowl with cover
forepurchased
forwardest
four-spigot classifier
get credit for goods
griselle
grow up into
hardtack
heavy solids
hengel
heptalobus
humulus americanus nutt.
indorsement of claim
intentionalistic
iron-vane meter
kiddy brother
lindies
maag gear citter
make good a deficiency
mannite
military authority
no big
overintellectualise
penalty box
pending interrupt
pier to pier
plant register
prior permission
proper root
purple yu-lan
quijote
rack-type steering gear
rampactor
reduction flour
religious affiliation
rennins
resolution of polar to cartesian
rock coast
ryffen
S-adenosylhomocysteine
schmechel
seal of love
self fertilisation
separase
sex change
shall-flowers
shout something from the rooftops
silicon-on-sapphire
space prism
step quench(ing)
strengest
strong-field ligand
Sulphadine
swallow-fork
take someone down a a peg or two
tearingly
the gist
trapezoidal cross-section
triad homotopy set
tyrocidine
Ulmus crassifolia
unaccustomed to
use of blank
waws
whistling hare