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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Tradition says early English settlers known as the Pilgrims held the first celebration in sixteen twenty-one in Plymouth, Mas

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Turkey Production Costs Are Up; Not Good News at Thanksgiving By Jerilyn Watson / Broadcast: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. This Thursday is Thanksgiving, the most popular holid

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (THEME) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We listen to some music from the group Green Day/P Report about an art show by some very special young artists/P And explain why the day after

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THIS IS AMERICA - American Civics: Law, History and Political Science Combined By Jill Moss / Broadcast: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty with Faith Lapidus. Our subject this

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to food storage. Foods can go bad if they get too warm. But for many of the world's poor, finding a good way to keep food cool is difficult. Re

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - A WiLD Idea: Wireless Long-Distance Internet for Rural Poor By Jill Moss / Broadcast: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC Eric Brewer at his Berkeley Intel Research Laboratory This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Eric B

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. From time to time we are answering questions about the American election process. Today, from Jigawa, Nigeria, Mustapha Aminu Gumel asks why Super Tuesday is so special in the presidential campaign. Super

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EDUCATION REPORT - The Many Sounds of College Radio By Jill Moss / Broadcast: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:00:00 UTC This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The band Coheed and Cambria performing at the WBRU studio No two college radio stations sou

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ECONOMICS REPORT - Allowance Helps Children Learn About Money By Mario Ritter / Broadcast: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Starting young to teach financial literacy Many children first learn the value

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. With oil around one hundred dollars a barrel, this may be a good time for a short history of petroleum. Petroleum has been important since ancient times. The Greek historian Herodotus told of its use

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we tell about slavery, and how it affected the history of the United Stat

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VOICE ONE: Im Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: Ray Kroc And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Ray Kroc, the man who helped make the fast food industry famous. He expanded a small business into an interna

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. (SOUND) When Americans think of where coyotes live, they probably think of desert states in the Southwest like Arizona. But over time, these wild dogs have spread all the way to the East Coast. Som

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In Britain and other countries, young people sometimes take a gap year, a year off between high school and college. This idea never gained a big following in the United States. Recent news reports ha

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Bob Doughty. On our show this week: We listen to some music from Annie Lennox /P Answer a question about an American actress /P And report about a holiday that honors the dead. Da

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the Washington, D.C. Green Festival that took place earlier this month. An estimated thirty thousand people attended this two-da

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Researchers believe cello music can help improve communications skills And I'm Pat Bodnar. This week, we will tell about a new finding about the value of musi

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, Microsoft agreed to end its fight against European Union competition officials. The world's largest software company withdrew its remaining appeals at a European court. European Commission

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with the MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we tell about early Native Americans. VOICE ONE: Scientists believe that

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Today we have two reports, both about children. We start in Sudan. Health officials are launching a campaign to vaccinate eight million children after a case of polio was reported there. A nurse prepare