Tenured Positions at US Public Universities Are Under Attack

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2007年VOA标准英语-There is Still No Business Like Show Business

By George Dwyer Washington, DC 13 February 2007 watch Show Business report The Washington D.C.-based Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA, recently hosted a conference on The Business of Show Business. Designed to raise awareness in Washin

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The Loch Ness Monster

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The world has almost seven billion people. At least two billion are expected to be on the Internet by January. New growth is mostly from developing countries. Yet only twenty-one percent of their pop

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When the new men's world tennis rankings come out next week, Mardy Fish will be the highest ranked American on the list. He has reached this milestone in his tennis career, remarkably, at the age of 29. With his 7-5, 6-2 win late Wednesday at the Son

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Spanish PM denies corruption allegations

MADRID, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Saturday denied that he and other members of his Popular Party (PP) had received illegal cash payments hidden from tax authorities. The accusations were false, Rajoy said at the PP he

Spanish Supercup to be played in China

MADRID, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish Football Federation ( RFEF) confirmed Friday that five of the next seven finals of the Spanish Supercup will be played in China. The RFEF has confirmed an agreement with the company Vansen International Sport to

Spanish gov't unveils new savings plan

MADRID, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish government on Friday unveiled its new savings plan, expecting to cut a total of 102 billion euros (125 billion U.S. dollars) of spending by 2014, in an effort to balance the strained public finances. The biennia

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British singer finalizes formalities for space trip

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The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. - Samuel Johnson Editors note: This is a guest post from Mary Jaksch of Goodlife Zen. Have you ever had problems establishing a new habit? Maybe I should a

British Swimming appoints Maurice Watkins as new chairman

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British singer Amy Winehouse found dead

LONDON, July 23 (Xinhua) -- British singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her flat in London on Saturday. The police said the reason for the 27-year-old singer's death is still unexplained and are now treating her flat as a crime scene. Sky News quo