Venezuelan Election is Again Choice Between Socialism, Capitalism Business has not been good for Rotzen Villabon, who owns a gift shop called Viqiu. He needs dollars to import products made in China but he can't find any at the official exchange rate...
Benedict Bids Farewell; Cardinals Face A Difficult Choice Pope Benedict is bidding farewell and preparing for the time when he will no longer lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. But Vatican officials say that as pope emeritus he will still wear a...
Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, If I were any better, I'd be twins! He was a natural motivator. If an empl...
LOS ANGELES, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Award-winning actor and producer Danny DeVito will receive the Critics' Choice Television Icon Award when the award is presented early next week, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) announced on Th...
Words and Their Stories: Hobsons Choice Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Making choices is necessary, but not always easy. Many of our expressions tell about this dif...
Because it is Spring break, we have arranged a quick get-a-way to Seattle for a couple of days. My husband has been extremely busy at work, and hasn't even had a weekend break for a while, so I decided that it is time for us to 'get out of dodge'. He...
Life is full of choices 选择积极地生活 Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, If I were any better, I'd be...
Life is full of choices 生活充满选择 Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate． He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say． When someone would ask him how he was doing， he would reply， If I were any better，...
President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to head the Veterans Affairs Department says, if confirmed, he will work to streamline the agency to better respond to the needs of U.S. troops returning home from war. Retired Army General Eric Shinseki, who h...
By Deborah Tate President Bush's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Congressman Porter Goss, has long experience with the intelligence community and in politics. Mr. Goss, a Republi...
