1. In a surprise visit to Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney suggests Iraq's elections are a major step toward withdrawing US troops as a string of attacks kills 19. 2. President Bush unapologetically d

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Jefferson's Bible; Presidential Transportation; Rihanna 'Unapologetic' Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On our show this week, we play new music from Rihanna We also take a look at how the American p

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is apostrophes. When I was in second grade, I lost a spelling bee because I misspelled the word its. I put an apostrophe in when I shouldn't have, and it was a very traumatic moment in my young life. So when listeners

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is tough apostrophe issues. I said it in the last episode about apostrophes, and I'll say it again: there are some confusing situations when it comes to apostrophes. For example, Christine, from Portland, Oregon; Judy

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Wide awake at two A.M. Think I'm losin' who I am Why you keep on choosin' them When all I'm tryna do is Make sure you gotta nice bed And welcoming arms to come home to But time and time and time again You're only here every now and then Whens it gonn

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We all do it sometimes. We undermine ourselves by using less-effective language, verbal tics, and other oral miscues. That means there's always room for improvement to help your messages get through effectively. 我们有时候会这样:说一些没多

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