Major League baseball players are now deep into spring training.But it is the excitement disabled youngsters bring to the Miracle League that intrigues commentator Frank Deford. The warmest moment I've ever enjoyed in sports came a couple of years ag...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 14 December 2006 The head of a leading US hearing aid company spends much of his time providing hearing aids to poor children around the world. Bill Austin, the founder and chief executive of Starkey Laboratories, spok...
By Cindy Saine Washington 27 June 2006 Buffett Warren Buffett's blockbuster $30 billion gift to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has excited charitable organizations, which hope the tycoon's generosity will be contagious. Buffett's donation is...
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By Parke Brewer Turin, Italy 24 February 2006 Joey Cheek, left, and Johann Olav Koss "When Children Play The World Wins." That's the motto of the international humanitarian organization called Right T...
I grew up in a small town where the elementary school was a ten-minute walk from my house and in an age when children could go home for lunch. At the time, I did not consider this a luxury, although t...
Lesson 93 A noble gift 崇高的礼物 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 Where was the Statue of Liberty made? One of the most famous monuments in the...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Holiday Gifts: So What Have Americans Been Buying This Year? By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, December 23, 2005 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English....
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Gifts of Life: Organ Transplants Reach Record Levels in U.S. By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special En...
We attended the wedding of an acquaintance's son. Because we did not know the young man or his bride, we decided to send them a practical household gift, a fire extinguisher. Apparently, the couple ma...