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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Tinpan Alley By Susan Kelen Broadcast: Sunday, October 10, 2004 Now, the VOA Special English Program Words and Their Stories. Today, we tell about the expression, tinpan alle

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CNN 2012-02-10

A historical society in Virginia running a unique genealogy project.It's using informs from million of old letters,books and diaries to identify more than a thousand slaves whose names have been lost. The historians running the project hope it will A

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What do you get when you combine a croissant with a doughnut? The answer is the new treat from New York City, the cronut. The owner of Dominque Anzel Bakery is responsible for this new creation. The cronut is shaped like a regular doughnut but it is

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CNN 2011-08-14

It is not hard to identify the recent events that have triggered the latest market falls. There have been weak economic data from the US, including revisions toprevious GDP, and the historic downgrade of that countrys credit rating. And the crisis of

NPR 2009-02-02

Key Senate Democrats say they are willing to consider changes to their economic stimulus proposal. Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois. We're very open, very open to this. For instance, some of the Republicans have been saying to us, 'Put more money

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