The daughter of a poor, black Baptist preacher, Marian Wright Edelman grew up in the racially segregated South. But she worked her way through college and law school and went to Washington, D.C., as counsel to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, Poor People's

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By Marilyn Christiano Broadcast: November 30, 2003 (THEME) ANNCR: Welcome to People in America from VOA Special English. Today, Sarah Long and Rich Kleinfeldt tell the story of Wilbur and Orville Wrig

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Frank Lloyd Wright,1867-1959: The greatest American building designer of the twentieth century One critic said Wright's ideas were 50 years ahead of his time. VOICE ONE: I'm Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special Engl

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 A shortwave radio might seem like ancient technology these days. But for some people, it remains their only link to the wider world. 短波收音机如今

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But not everyone was interested in following their puritans' strict rules, especially when it came to sex. -Amist of these puritans' colonies, along came a very charismatic and interesting libertarian by the name of Thomas Morton, who started up a co

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1. Longtime Washington journalist Helen Thomas abruptly retires from the Hearst News Service after her remarks on Israel sparked criticism. Thomas issued an apology but announced her retirement shortly after White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs d

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