VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today, we explore the life of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham. She created almost two hundred dance pieces. She is often called the Mo

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember. Hop on -- this week our subject is motorcycles in America. (SOUND) VOICE ONE: Bikers ride under a Main Street sign welcoming them to last

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. People carry a gay pride flag during a march in Mexico City on August 2, 2008 The seventeenth International AIDS Conference opened Sunday in the Mexican capital, Mexico City. About twenty-five thou

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The November fourth presidential election in the United States is only about three months away. The two candidates are in a close race. Recent opinion studies show voters are most concerned about the econo

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, the United States Congress approved a major housing bill. President George Bush signed it into law on Wednesday. The plan could help an estimated four hundred thousand homeowners late in t

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VOICE ONE: I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Washington, D.C. is known for its many monuments, museums, and government buildings. It is also home to embassies from more than one hundred seven

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A stroke is a loss of blood flow in the brain. There are two kinds of stroke. One is an ischemic stroke. It happens when a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked. The other kind is called a hemorrhagic,

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week, we tell about health problems linked to extreme heat. We also tell about what to do to prevent and treat these problems. (MUS

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Hogs at an Ohio farm Research shows that waste from pigs that are fed a special kind of corn may help a farmer's crops. And it also may help the environment. Any farmer who raises swine knows that

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Female farmers in Rwanda and Sudan will learn about what kind of seeds to use, how to farm without chemicals and when to harvest The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that poor countries

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VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English Program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week, we tell about a person who played an important part in the history and culture of the United States. Today, we tell abou

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. After seven years of preparations, the Summer Olympic Games have opened in Beijing, China. An opening ceremony and lighting of the Olympic cauldron marked the official start of the games on Friday. More th

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play music by three rock groups Answer a question about a beloved university professor who died last month And report on a Hall of Fame for Americans from N

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Whoever said you cannot get something for nothing has not searched the Internet lately. An increasing number of Web sites offer users a chance to give things away and get things for free. The goal is

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ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. James Madison In the spring of eighteen twelve, the United States and Britain were moving closer to war. Congress had approved a ninety-day embargo to stop America

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Pat Bodnar. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. This week we visit one of the oldest, successful family-owned companies in the United States. The C. F. Martin and Company guitar maker in

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today we report about staycations, vacations close to home ... Answer a question about American presidents after they leave office And play music by Isaac Hayes, who

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Two different people -- one in Russia, the other in California -- recently asked us about raising sheep. So today we offer advice from some experts. (SOUND OF SHEEP) A group of four-day old lambs a

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Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Roanoke Island is off the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, in North Carolina. In fifteen eighty-seven, more than one hundred people arrived

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VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Bo Diddley And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Bo Diddley was one of America's greatest rock and roll guitarists. His influence was so widespread that it is hard to imagine what

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