Work Underway to Repair Quake-Damaged Washington Monument Work is under way on the Washington Monument - one of the U.S. capital's best-known tourist attractions - to repair damage from the earthquake that struck the East Coast of the United States i...
Even as a child, Ed Dwight had a gift for art. But he set that talent aside to focus on careers that included engineer, test pilot, astronaut trainee (the first African American in the program) and entrepreneur. It was as the owner of a large constru...
BBC Learning English The Monument Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson. London is famous for many of its sights and historical buildings. Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Tower of London, to name but a few. Today I'm visiting one, a monument, which per...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 November 2007 Palestinians have paid tribute to their late president Yasser Arafat, a legendary Arab leader in the Middle East. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the ceremony comes against the backgro...
EXPLORATIONS - Colorado National Monument By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Sp...
THIS IS AMERICA -April 29, 2002: Washington Monument By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: The tallest structure in America’s capital city is the Washington Monument. It is named for George Washington, the f...
Broadcast: Feb 19, 2003 By Shelley Gollust VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Mary Tillotson with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about one of the world...