DOUG JOHNSON: And Im Doug Johnson with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a young woman named Virginia Patterson Hensley. No one but her family would remember that name. The world remembers her as Patsy Cline. SHIRLEY GRIFF...
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today, we tell about more interesting nicknames of American states. The mid-Atlantic state of Maryland is called the Free State. A Baltimore newspaper first called it that during the ninet...
BOB DOUGHTY: Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) We present the short story The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. (MUSIC) BARBARA KLEIN: Long ago, in the very olden time, there...
Christina Taylor Green was born on September eleventh, two thousand one, the day when terrorists attacked the United States. A book published the following year, Faces of Hope, showed fifty babies born that day, one from each state. One was Christina...
I'm Doug Johnson. This week we play music by Nora Jane Struthers And answer a question about Facebook But first we look at an exhibit in Washington that celebrates the art of wood turning and carving. (MUSIC) Revolution in Wood DOUG JOHNSON: An exhib...
Big stock exchanges in the United States are linked in what is known as the national market system plan. The idea is to process deals and report the best available prices to the public as quickly as possible. But there are other ways of investing tha...
Americans experimented with many new customs and social traditions during the nineteen twenties. There were new dances, new kinds of clothes and some of the most imaginative art and writing ever produced in the United States. But in most ways, the ni...
For years, the Catholic Church in America has struggled to find new clergy. The average age of priests and nuns is seventy and rising. But some Catholic orders are having more success than others. The Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia are mainly a t...
STEVE EMBER: This is Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the second of our two programs about the history of the English Language. (MOVIE) STEVE EMBER: Last...
On Saturday in Tucson, Arizona, a gunman opened fire on a small crowd meeting outdoors with a congresswoman. Six people were killed and fourteen were wounded, including the representative, Gabrielle Giffords. The bullet traveled along the left side o...
FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today, we will tell you everything you wanted to know about snow. (MUSIC) FAITH LAPIDUS: Winter has returned to northern parts of t...
The United States is making the first major changes in its food safety rules since the nineteen thirties. A new law called the Food Safety Modernization Act will govern all foods except meat, poultry and some egg products. It calls for increased gove...
FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. This week on our program, we look at the new Congress in Washington. (MUSIC) FAITH LAPIDUS: The one hundred twelfth Congress opened l...
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Tablet computers were the stars of this year's Consumer Electronics Show. The international gathering in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the world's biggest technology trade show. Companies launched more than...
STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Bob Feller, one of the best pitchers in the history of American baseball. (MUSIC) CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: I didnt know much. I just reared back and let the...
