Judges Dig Deeper into Meaning of Everyday Words Thirteen years ago, U.S. President Bill Clinton, who was embroiled in a sex scandal, famously answered a grand jury question by saying, It depends on what the meaning of the word is is. A lot of people...
音乐咖啡厅:灵魂天后Alicia Keys 全新单曲Doesn't Mean Anything Artist：Alicia Keys Song：Doesn't Mean Anything Used to dream bout being a millionaire, without a care But if I'm seeing my dreams and you aren't there Cause it's over, that...
by Jason Marshall In the last article, we talked about averages and one specific way statistics can help answer questions without letting emotions interfere. But the type of average value we talked about is just one of manyuseful meanings assigned to...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States. Th...
Grammar Girl here. The grammar authorities are going to battle it out today. For they all have a different opinion about our topics: the merits of using the word for to mean because, and whether its OK to start a sentence with the word for. Now, gues...
A man handed a pair of slacks to the department-store clerk. I'd like these altered, please, he said. The clerk asked for the sales receipt, but after searching his pockets, the man replied he had lost it. The clerk informed him that it was store pol...
Brett: Hey, Shawn, how are classes going? Shawn: Well, it's exam time right now, and you know what, I really think I'm going to fail this one class. Brett: Why is that? Shawn: Well, it's not any of my fault. It's actually, I think that the teacher do...
Mike looked at the label on the big plastic container. It said Garlic Powder. There was a U with a circle around it after the word Powder. What does this U mean, Mike wondered. Under the word Powder was another word, Seasoning. Under that word was a...
She was thinking about her boyfriend. Why did she stay with him? Why didnt she leave him? She didnt trust him. He said that he loved her. But he was mean to her. He said bad things. He said she was too fat. He said she should eat less. He did bad thi...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 April 2008 In congressional testimony this week, the top U.S. military and civilian officials in Iraq reported what they called real but fragile progress, and urged caution in any discussion of further U.S. troop withdrawals,...
