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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Every family has a story. Today we travel to a farm in the Midwest, the center of American agriculture, to meet the Fitzpatrick family.

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Seven women were honored last week in Washington for their efforts to expand democracy and womens rights in their countries. The seven from China, Guatemala, India and Sudan received awards from Vi

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Who will be the next person to live here? The next presidential election in the United States is in November of two thousand eight. But a crowd of candidates and possible candidates is forming early for wh

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about advertising /P Play some music from Thievery Corporation /P And report about Saint Patrick's Day. Saint Patrick's

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Financial markets had a rough week again as investors grew more concerned about the United States housing market. Much of the concern is about home loans to people with poor credit or little history

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VOICE ONE: This is Richard Rael. VOICE TWO: And this is Doug Johnson with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Dwight Eisenhower Dwight Eisenhower was elected president in

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Our Foreign Student Series continues this week with two examples of military colleges in the United States. One is the Virginia Military Institute. V.M.I. is a public, four-year military college in L

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Bungee jumping off the Victoria Falls bridge in Zimbabwe And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Imagine standing at the edge of a tall bridge. Hundreds of meters below you, river water

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week on our program, we have the third part of our series on living with a disability in America. In January we looked at education.

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Nanotechnology uses matter at the level of molecules and atoms. Researchers are finding different uses for particles with a length of one nanometer, or one-billionth of a meter. These include things

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VOICE ONE: This is Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And this is Phil Murray with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we tell about the period known as the Cold War. VOICE ONE: The Col

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The legal age for drinking alcohol in the United States is twenty-one. Underage drinking is a crime but also a common part of college social life. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we look at a

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TXU logo Big business deals do not often come with a promise to cut greenhouse gases. But that was part of a deal this week for TXU, the biggest electric company in Texas. Its board of directors agreed to a buyout offer led by two private equity grou

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Phil Murray with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) John Fitzgerald Kennedy Our program today is about the beginning of t

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VOICE ONE: I'm Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Billy Wilder. He was the director of some of the greatest American movies. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Many experts say

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Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about the state of Texas ... Play some music by world famous musician Yo-Yo Ma ... And report about the successful coffee stores

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about rivers /P Play some music by My Brightest Diamond /P And report about a new time change in the United States. Dayli

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. Our subject this week is sailing. (MUSIC: Sail On, Sailor/Beach Boys) VOICE ONE: The United States has two ocean coasts and countles

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A fisherman in India speaking on his mobile phone Wireless phones are connecting the developing world at a rate of about one million new phones each day. And with them come important new uses for t

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the life and writings of Ayn Rand. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Ayn Rand Although she died more than twenty-five years ago, many A