Hello, and welcome to Legal Lads Quick and Dirty Tips for a More Lawful Life. Im your host, Adam Freedman. But first, your daily dose of legalese: This podcast does not create an attorney-client relationship with any listener. In other words, althoug

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

One night a motorcyclist crashed into a bridge. The rider was on his way home from a party. Traveling at about 70 mph on the unlit, two-lane road, he lost control on a curve. He lay next to his motorcycle for 20 minutes before a passerby noticed the

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U.S. Teens Dropping Facebook for YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat A new study has found that the number of American teenagers using Facebook is dropping. Many turn instead to YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat. The study by the U.S.-based Pew Research Ce

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By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 21 March 2007 watch Tuberculosis US report Beginning around 1995, the United States experienced a steady decline in the rate of tuberculosis. But in the last three years, health experts have noticed something distur

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The U.S. Defense Department has taken several steps in recent weeks to ensure that hard won lessons in counterinsurgency are not lost when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over. The military has been ordered to establish organizations to preserv

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Pills Offer New Hope in Fight Against Yaws Scientists have found that a medicine taken in pill form is just as effective in treating the neglected tropical disease yaws as the usual treatment, a shot of penicillin. The easier-to-use therapy raises ne

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Iraq Taps Its Oil Riches, But Risks Deter Big Investment Iraq's government says recent explorations show the country could be sitting on the world's largest oil reserves at up to 350 billion barrels. The figure is unproven, but many agree that Iraq h

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Greek Far Right Makes Gains, Demands Landmines on Borders Supporters chant 'Greece belongs to Greeks,' as Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos marches triumphantly through the streets of Athens. A reporter following the crowd asks what policy th

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High School Dropout Hits It Big on the Internet In 1931, famed author James Truslow Adams popularized the term American Dream. He said life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achieve

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Deaths Rise as Outlawed Kurdish Guerrillas Continue Fight The Kurds are the worlds largest ethnic minority without a nation of its own. Less than 20 percent live in northern Iraq where they have achieved regional autonomy. But others are still fighti

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'Right Wing' Man Charged in Norway Massacre Norwegian police are questioning the suspected gunman who shot and killed at least 85 people at a youth summer camp hours after he allegedly set off a bomb blast that killed seven people in the capital, Osl

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SatelliteTechnology Helps Human Rights Monitors AU.N. panel of experts is expected to release a report soon citing evidence of war crimes in the final months of Sri Lanka's civil war. Among the evidence the panel reviewed was satellite imagery from t

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Fighting Triggers New DRC Refugee Crisis Aid agencies are rushing food, water and shelter to thousands of Congolese refugees who have fled to western Uganda. They began crossing the border more than a week ago to escape fighting between government fo

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8:20 ----11:53 VOICE ONE: Low-carbohydrate diets or not, more people than ever weigh toomuch. The World Health Organization says this is a serious problem.It says the opposite problem, hunger, affects about eight-hundred-fifty-million people. But m

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A: Hi. I wanted to talk to you about the letter we received about fumigating the building. B: Yes, I would be happy to help you with that. What do you need to know? A: Do we have to leave our apartment on the day they do it? B: You will have to vacat

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A: Good morning. I had some questions about the fumigation letter we received. B: I am here to answer your questions. What do you need clarification on? A: Will I have to find somewhere else to go on that day? B: You cannot stay in your apartment for

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 12 June 2007 The United Nations says Indonesia must take concrete steps to protect human rights defenders and counter what it says is the culture of impunity often enjoyed by the authorities. But, as VOA's Nancy-Amelia

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电影《断背山》插曲《魔鬼的右手》。妈妈从小就告诉这个失去父亲的孩子,枪是魔鬼的右手,是邪恶的。孩子不听,从13岁起就梦想着拥有自己的一支手枪,妈妈吓得打碎了手中的鸡蛋。孩子长大了,真的有了一支枪,也用它杀了人。被抓的时候还在用妈妈的话给自己辩解:不是

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Expatriates in China will join the country's sixth national census starting November 1st and answer eight questions on their basic information, which will not include income and religious affiliation. Besides, the some 6 million trained census takers

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Todd: Now, Mike, you lived in New York City. That's really, really cool. I think New York's a fantastic city. I've never lived there, but I visited New York many times. What was it like living in New York City? Mike: Uh, like you said, there's a lot

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