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The fantastic journey
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voyageurs by margaret elphinstone(canongate, (pounds) 9.99)
There's a passage in Margaret Elphinstone's fine new novel that seems
to capture the landscape in which her tale is played out. "There are
no words in which I can convey the immensity of that river to an
English reader. On the Outaouais River I understood for the first
time that truly the ways of God are beyond us, for he hath measured
the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the
span. Our canoes were so little, the river so great, it seemed to me
the very angels must be mocking our temerity."
The speaker is ...
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Reuniting Long-Lost Family Members
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation
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President Obama Accepts Peace Prize
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. MICHELE NORRIS, host: And I'm Michele Norris. In Oslo, Norway, today at the Ornate City Hall President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In his acceptance speech, Mr. Obama directly addressed what many have...
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Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
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For December 9, 2009, CBS
Transcript from: CBS The Early Show
; ...the Midwest, now starting to move east. And here in New York City, we woke up to a lot of rain this morning.Welcome to THE EARLY...even coastal Northeast, where you`re seeing rain in New York City and sections of New England are seeing snow. Sera Congi is joining...
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Transcript from: CBS Morning News
; ...Committee members, there`s a signing ceremony before he heads to city hall to deliver that much anticipated speech.(Begin VT) CHARLIE...turn away thousands of people who wanted to be here inside Oslo City Hall to watch the President pick up his prize and deliver his...
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...for manufacturing over the last six generations.Going back to a 50-year period of time between 1875 and 1925 years ago,cities in our region of Ohio including Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown, Lorainand Canton were centers for innovative entrepreneurs...
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DRINKING WATER:ROBYN PIERCE
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...orchestrated anaggressive campaign convincing area residents and local city council thata golf course constructed with coal ash was not only...on private wells as our water source. Immediately the local city governmentordered area wells tested and requested the EPA`s...
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA). In early 2007, ICE acquiredthe 137-year-old ``The Board of Trade of the City of New York`` (renamedICE Futures U.S.), a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market (DCM) headquarteredin New York...
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...of four separate regulated exchanges, including ChicagoMercantile Exchange Inc. (``CME``), the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago,Inc. (``CBOT``), the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (``NYMEX``) andthe Commodity Exchange...
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Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
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