AMERICAN MOSAIC - Hey, Buddy, Wanna Buy a Piece of the Empire State Building? DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. On our show today we play music from rock band Nickelback We also answer a questio...
Want to Buy the Empire State Building? Selling the Brooklyn Bridge in New York refers to an American expression about gullible individuals who would buy it from scam artists offering bogus shares in the publicly-owned landmark. But shares in another...
EXPLORATIONS - Six Building Designers Who Are Redefining Modern Architecture STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about six building designers widely considered...
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By Paul Sisco Washington 08 May 2008 Engineer Hy Brown was the chief engineer of the U.S. World Trade Center in New York City. Years after the terrorist attacks in 2001, he has found a new passion-- developing pre-fabricated solar powered houses in I...
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And let's come back to this country now for StoryCorps. This project is recording American voices with interviews around the country, and we hear them on MORNING Edition every Friday. Today we have a story from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It's our first fro...
By Cathryn Curtis Washington, DC 06 April 2006 watch US Iran Policy report There have been no formal diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Iran for decades, and not much interaction among the peop...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans, Louisiana 07 March 2006 watch New Orleans Levee report New Orleans levee repairs are to be finished before hurricane season begins June 1st In New Orleans, where recovery f...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 09 February 2006 A U.S. Senate office building was evacuated late Wednesday after sensors detected the possible presence in the air of what was initially described as a ne...