By Scott Stearns Washington 22 December 2006 watch Peter Fedynsky's reort President Bush, accompanied by first lady Laura Bush, addresses the media about his visit with wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center U.S. President George Bush met...
Section 46 Holidays How often do you go on holidays? Do you mean to have a break from work or to travel? I mean to travel out of your area. Ah, well, that depends how much money I have to spend. What...
By Mike Cooper Atlanta 16 January 2006 The U.S. holiday marking the birthday of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior was observed across the country Monday. In Atlanta, Reverend King's...
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....
ECONOMICS REPORT - Holiday Shopping on the Job? Call It 'Cyber Monday' By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, December 02, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. For Americans...
Facing Business Challenges at Holiday Inn Worldwide Sending Invitations Across the Globe In the 1960s a family vacation in the United States usually meant loading the kids into the station wagon and d...
Tommy hated school and was always looking for excuses not to go. If he sneezed, he asked his mother to write a note saying he had a cold. If he had a headache, he asked his mother to take him to the d...
Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad in a newspaper "Enjoy country life. Spend...
By Faiza Elmasry The weeks leading up to Christmas make up the busiest shopping season of the year, especially for toys. But there are millions of children whose families can't afford a shopping trip...
Ross Dunn Israeli security forces have gone on high alert for possible terror attacks before the week-long sacred Jewish Passover holiday, which begins at sunset on Monday. Israel says a closure impos...