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Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. I'm Rich Kleinfeldt. (MUSIC) Today we tell about the word fireworks. The expression fireworks gets its meaning from the fireworks that people shoot into the sky when they are celebrating

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ANNOUNCER: PEOPLE IN AMERICA -- a VOA Special English program about famous Americans of the past. Today, Harry Monroe and Kay Gallant tell the story of dancer and movie star, Fred Astaire. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Fred Astaire The year is nineteen thirty-t

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Ray Freeman with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we tell the story about some social and cultural issues of the nineteen

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Scientists say they have made more progress in developing malaria-resistant mosquitoes. The idea is to release genetically engineered insects like these into mosquito populations as a way to control

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ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. America's Declaration of Independence from Britain was signed on July fourth, seventeen seventy-six. Today, Mary Tillotson and Steve Ember bring you an Independence Day program of songs t

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. An American expert in food science technology has won a major international award. Philip E. Nelson has been named winner of the Two Thousand Seven World Food Prize. World Food Prize Foundation Pres

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about health problems linked to extreme heat. We also tell about what to do to prevent and treat these problems. (MU

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last month, new International Health Regulations went into effect. The new rules aim to contain the threats from diseases that may spread quickly from one country to another, such as influenza. Most coun

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VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about Amelia Earhart. She was one of America's first female pilots. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Amelia Earhart was born in

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, is a private liberal-arts school with a Antioch College history of social activism. It was the first American college to name a woman as a full professor and o

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. As the American housing market has cooled, worries about investments based on risky home loans have heated up. Last month, two hedge funds operated by the investment bank Bear Stearns nearly collapsed

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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 from a listener about stories called urban legends... Play music by groups taking part in worldwide Live Earth concerts to

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Legal experts had a lot to discuss this week. President Bush intervened to keep a former top administration official out of prison. And last week the Supreme Court ended its first full term with two Bush ap

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Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Today's program is all about eyes. When it comes to relationships, people's eyes can be a window into their hearts. This means that their eyes can tell a lot about how they feel. W

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Gwen Outen with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a woman who became famous for her activities in government, the media and the arts. She was a member of Congress and an ambas

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Soon, more of us will be living in cities than in rural areas. Population experts at the United Nations had thought that would happen by this year. Lately their estimate is that in two thousand eigh

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Faith Lapidus. On our show this week: We answer a question from a listener about the Great Lakes... Play music by Bright Eyes... And report about an event called The Big Draw. The

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Two thousand five hundred years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus is believed to have made a list of what he thought were the most extraordinary s

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Students in uniform at a Texas middle school A listener in Fukuoka, Japan, Shinji Abe, would like to know about school uniform policies in the United States. American schoolchildren often wear uniform