2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Quitting the Public Eye -- for How Long?

Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell said goodbye on Friday. Several high-profile government officials have resigned recently. And Weekend Edition essayist Al Lubrano senses a certain similarity in their exits. Government big sho

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-A Youthful Traveling Companion

Not all musicians hit bottom, of course, but they do have to drive and drive and drive to get where they are going. Commentator Christian Bauman remembers a poignant journey of a few years back. I came home from the army to a bachelor apartment in ea

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Why Buy Fashion from Celebrities?

Celebrities looking for income beyond record contracts, movie deals and commercial endorsements, often start their own fashion lines. Rock musicians, actors and sports stars have all thrown their hats into the ring. But commentator Rosecrans Baldwin

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Slate's Big Idea: Who Should be Considere

This is Day to Day, I am Madeline Brand. There is an old thought from jounalist AJ. Liebling that freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one, well if that's true, then tens of millions of men and women in this country now own the modern equ

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Google's Continued Expansion, Success

On Mondays, our business report focuses on technology. Google has transformed itself from the little search engine that could into a major information hub, email service, software developer and more. It's already the place where most people go to fin

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Jobless with a College Degree: The Number

The US economy continues to recover from the tech bubble burst of 2000. But there're certainly many people still left behind. Long-term unemployment which is defined as being out of work for 27 weeks is at record levels. And within that group,the per

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-AirTran's Unique Use of 'Face Time'

Low-cost airlines have changed the travel business. Carriers like Southwest and Jetblue serve fewer cities than traditional airlines and offer fewer perks to passengers. They force the bigger carriers like United and Delta to change their business pr

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Time Warner to Pay $300 Million on Revenu

Media giant Time Warner will pay a three-hundred-million-dollar penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The civil penalty is to settle charges the company overstated revenues earned by its online division AOL. NPR's Jack Spear reports. The

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Antony and the Johnsons: 'I Am a Bird Now

Antony of the band Antony and the Johnsons cut his teeth in New York's after hours cabarets and backing up rocker Lou Reed.His current group has a new album called I Am a Bird Now.Music critic Jerry Dannemiller has a review. OK,right up front.The fir

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-British TV Crosses over the Pond

NBC tonight launches a new series-The Office. It's the American version of a British comedy series. The original has a small but dedicated group of fans in the United States. Remaking British series for American audiences is not new, but as NPR's Kim

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Airlines Try Fare Hikes Again to Offset F

In our business news today we have a career check too but first the price of flying goes up. Several major airlines have reinstated a ten-dollar fare increase on many domestic round-trips one day after they dropped it. NPR's Jack Speer Reports: Next

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Ben Lee: 'Awake is the New Asleep'

Australian pop singer Ben Lee is a true prodigy. When the rap group The Beastie Boys discovered him a decade ago, he was 14 years old. So now he is all of 24 and he has just released his fifth solo album. Critic Sarah Bardeen says this singer is grow

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-One March Madness Drawback: The Fans

In case you haven't been paying attention to sports, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament begins in earnest tomorrow. College students, proud alumni and plain old fans will all be glued to television sets, rooting for their favorites. Commentator Lau

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-A Daily Ritual: 'Prayers Like Shoes'

Now, Poet Ruth Forman lets us into part of her daily spiritual practice with her poem, I Wear Prayers Like Shoes. Now, Poet Ruth Forman lets us into part of her daily spiritual practice with her poem, I Wear Prayers Like Shoes. I wear prayers like sh

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台六月-Living Life Among the Dogs, and Loving it

On Wednesdays the business report focuses on your work place. And today we continue our Take Two series about people reinventing themselves through their work. This morning NPR's Ketzel Levine profiles a couple who changed their jobs to make a better

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-'1776' Takes Readers to the Battlefront

This is Morning Edition from NPR news, I am Rene Montagne with Steve Inskeep. 229 years ago, independence for America was not certain; a new book explains how the young Revolutionary campaign took hold, Steve Inskeep talks to the author of 1776. Davi

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' Marks 150th A

In 1855, a book of poetry appeared that captured the soul of America, and expanded the possibilities for all poetry. I celebrate myself, and what I assume, you shall assume. For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. Walt Whitman's LEAVES

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Stocks Shudder at Early London Attack

On the financial markets, traders reacted quickly to todays news, Londons FTSE Index lost about 4% of its value but then recovered about half of that before the close of trading. In the US stocks managed to shake off bad news from abroad and closed u

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-High-Tech Perks, Not Horsepower, Tops wit

It was a great leap forward when cars got radios in 1929, then 8-track tapes then cassettes and finally CD players. But those seem downright quaint when compared with the entertainment amenities American drivers want today. And no wonderthe average

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Ghosts, Chills and 'Dark Water' from Japa

The film Dark Water directed by Walter Salice opened over the weekend. It is the latest in a wave of American remakes of Japanese horror-films. In fact two of the most successful horror movies in recent years were adaptations of films from Japan: Th