Advocates Rally for Gender Pay Parity, New Legislation NEW YORK Activists gathered in New York on Tuesday Equal Pay Day to highlight a long-standing national problem: the gender pay gap. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, but more than 50 yea

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Callum: Hello Im Callum and this is 6 Minute English. With me today is Neil, hello Neil. Neil: Hi Callum Callum: In todays programme were going to be looking at an interesting story of war, secret messages, codes and Neil: And, and what? Callum: Pige

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Renee Montagne: Hundreds of thousands of Americans have back surgery every year at a much higher rate than any other country. Whether there are too many back surgeries is a hotly debated subject in orthopedist , NPR's Joanne Silberner examines the q

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 07 December 2006 Singer Mary J. Blige leads the nominations for the Grammy Awards, announced Thursday morning in Los Angeles. Blige, a rhythm and blues artist, earned eight nominations for the music industry honors. Mi

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今天我们要学的词是parity。Parity, 名词,意思是平等,公平。最近的一项研究发现,全球从政的女性比例太低,但是北欧国家例外。 A new report finds Nordic countries essentially enjoy gender parity in polit

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Where's My Booger? 我的鼻屎干哪儿去了? As I was trying to pack for vacation, my 3-year-old daughter was having a wonderful time playing on the bed. 在我忙着为出去度假收拾行李的时候,我3岁的女儿在麻上玩儿得很开心

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