CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. Some jobs require little or no creativity. Other jobs are all about creativity. This week on our program, we meet two A

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By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 18 March 2008 Cowboys and cowgirls from around the world are in Houston, Texas for what is billed as the biggest livestock show and rodeo in the world. The annual event includessaddle bronc riding, bull riding, steer ro

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A round barn in Illinois American farmers traditionally keep their animals and equipment in barns that are rectangular, longer than they are wide. But as many as one thousand barns in the Midwest a

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Earlier this month, the Chicago Tribune newspaper sent a reporter to church four hundred kilometers away in the little town of Mount Vernon, in southern Illinois. Minister Coy Huffman holds services during pro rodeo events. Here he delivers a Power

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Nancy Martiny has made it in a man's world. She started making western saddles as a hobby but there's now a three-year waiting list of people lined up to buy her designs. Martiny builds her saddles from the ground up, eventually carving and stamping

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1. Places of Interest/Attractions= Description: If Id had a chance to visit a place Ive never been to, I would like to go to Imperial Palace, which is also called Forbidden City in Beijing, the capital of China. In the heart of Beijing, it is the lar

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