Mister Page was a wealthy man who became very interested in the scientific work being done at the tar pits.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

We have the compelling, official authority of the new state licenser, and Milton pits that external state of power against the powers of reason and against the powers of conscience that, of course, were seen to govern human action from within -- an internalized authority.

我们有新政府的出版控制者的强迫的官方统治，弥尔顿陷入了外在的政府权力和推理的力量,以及良心的力量的对立，当然，被认为是从内化的统治约束人类行动。

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It is still happening today. Small birds and animals still become trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Scientists have recovered more than one million fossil bones from the La Brea Tar Pits.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Today,the La Brea Tar Pits are known to scientists around the world.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

But most people know it as the La Brea Tar Pits.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

In the past few years, Baomahun town has mushroomed as people rush to mine the land before it is taken over by the British mining company, Cluff Gold, whose 137 kilometer concession includes the artisanal mining pits.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22