Broadcast: August 4, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Development Report. Safe drinking water has always been rare and valuable. Throughout the world, drinking water has to be stor

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is cement versus concrete. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Accuracy is important. You might think concrete and cement are interchangeable, but you'll quickly find that you're mistaken when some guy at Home Depot rolls h

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT – January 7, 2002: Storing Drinking Water By Gary Garriott This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Safe drinking water has always been rare and valuable. Throughout th

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AS IT IS 2015-09-08 Missile Silos Turned into 'Survival Condos' 导弹发射井变成生存公寓 When looking for a new home, many people consider things like the safety of the area, the nearness to public transportation or the quality of the neighb

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Cement is a major component of concrete, the world's most widely used man-made material, an integral part of roads, bridges and buildings. But making cement requires heating limestone and other materials to very high temperatures, a process that rele

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1. The registered sex offender who barricaded himself in a home for days with 3 captives was shot to death Sunday. The 3 captives, an 18-year-old woman, a 16-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy were rescued. Authorities in New Jersey say bodies of the

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