BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Milton Hershey. He built one of the sweetest towns in the United States. (MUSIC) BARBARA KLEIN: Milton Snavel...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the release of thousands of State Department documents will not in any way interfere with American diplomacy. HILLARY CLINTON: I have not had any concerns expressed a...
MARIO RITTER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Mario Ritter. This week we answer a question about the great Fillmore music halls and the man behind them. We also play some recordings from shows there. But first, we visit...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Commodities are basic materials that are used and traded worldwide. The price of commodities helps determine how much a business can charge for a product and the profit it can make. Commodity prices h...
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. In the years after World War One, new technologies changed America. Technology made it possible for millions of people to improve their lives. It also brought gr...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Most American schools have boys and girls in the same classroom. But a public high school in the small, rural town of Boonsboro, Maryland, offers a special program. Top students in the ninth and tenth...
STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about recent efforts by the United Nations to honor and protect different cultural traditions from around the world. U.N. experts meeting in Nairobi, Kenya recent...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Wednesday is December first, World AIDS Day. This year, experts are reporting more signs of success in halting the AIDS epidemic. The number of AIDS-related deaths and the number of new infections are bo...
