At one time or another, youve probably said, Its a small world. Well, it used to be much, much smaller. Because according to scientists from the University of Utah, about a million years ago our ancestors numbered fewer than 20,000. The estimate appe

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 26 March 2008 Liberia's much-heralded and awaited census is plodding ahead amid problems with workers who want more money and Liberians who are not staying home to be counted. VOA's Nico Colombant has more from our regional bu

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: NPR has learned about a change in how the Trump administration is preparing for the upcoming 2020 census. Unlike for the national head counts in 2000 and 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau has decided not to create a committee of advis

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今天我们要学的词是census。 Census, 是人口普查的意思。The U.S. Census Bureau kicked off its 2010 population count in a remote Alaskan village on Monday, 美国人口普查局星期一在阿拉斯加一个偏远的小村庄正式开始

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An old man was sitting on his porch (门廊), when a young man walked up with a pad and pencil in his hand. What are you selling young man, the oldman asked. I'm not selling anything, the young man said. I'm the Census Taker(户口调查人员)

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China to conduct moveable cultural relics census BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's cabinet, has announced the country's first census on moveable cultural relics, in a move to better gauge and protect the state of the country'

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