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VOA标准英语2012--Downtown Art Walk Provides New View of Los Angeles

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2007年VOA标准英语-Nonprofit Groups Provide Job Training, Placemen

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By Brian Padden Paris 21 June 2007 The airline industry has long sought to develop new technology to offset the rising cost of fuel, but the industry also has looked to make flying more energy efficient. This year at the Paris Air Show many companies

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 15 March 2006 The U.S. Congress has commissioned a bipartisan panel to provide an independent assessment of the situation in Iraq. The panel's leaders say their group will

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