By David McAlary
VOA News
A panel of scientists says evidence of global warming is clear. They say the last few decades have been warmer than any comparable period in the past several hundred years. Scientists believe the warming trend is also to blame for the harsh hurricane season in the North Atlantic last year.
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By Faiza Elmasry
VOA News
Pop-culture fads come and go. Experts say fads have different shapes and sizes. Yet, they are quite similar in their life cycle. They catch on fast, then quickly fade away. And while some fads are harmless and fun to adopt, others can be costly and even dangerous when they come as the next hot novelty in management, education, science or medicine.
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The first President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams in many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1767, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from the top of Penn's Hill above the family farm. As secretary to his father in Europe, he became an accomplished linguist and assiduous diarist.
Read Orations by John Quincy Adams
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