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How Safe Do You Feel in Your Neighborhood?
Download this story as a PDF FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Political and social scientist James Q. Wilson was interested in a great many subjects. But he was best known for his research into the behavior of criminals and police. [...]
China, Mexico and Brazil Lead Gains in US Graduate School Applications
Download this story as a PDF This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Graduate schools in the United States are reporting a nine percent increase in applications from international students this year. The increase is the same as two years ago. Last year’s gain was eleven percent. China, Mexico and Brazil showed the biggest [...]
How Gold Became the Gold Standard for Trade
Download this story as a PDF This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The best example of something is often called the “gold standard.” It sets the standard against which other things are measured. In economics, the term describes how major trading nations once used gold to set currency values and exchange rates. Many [...]
