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The Pantheon here was built by the Emperor Haydrian in the 2nd century AD and its 1)dome is still one of the largest 2)concrete domes in the world. It's 50 yards across and its concrete is up to 20 fe

SSS 2009-12-21

Its the season for celebrating and many of those celebrations include imbibing alcohol. Which sometimes leaves us the next morning with uncomfortable reminders of our excesses. But does what we drinksay bourbon versus vodkamake a difference? Apparent

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8.You are a long way down（顺） the valley, and it is nearly night again. You make a fire in the trees and eat the bananas. The next morning you are very hungry. You must find something to eat. In the snow you see the tracks(足迹) of an animal.P

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1 Cash isnt the only thing I take from my fathers study when I leave home. I take a small old gold lighter I like the design and feel of it and a folding knife with a really sharp blade. Made for skinning deer, it has a five-inch blade and a nice he

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SSS 2011-03-28

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Airplane manufacturers have been changing over from aluminum to advanced composite materials. These lighter, stronger composites are made of fibers of

SSS 2010-09-17

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In a single blinding pulse, a moment of glory much too swift and expansive for any form of words, the singularity assumes heavenly dimensions, space beyond conception. In the first lively second (a second that many cosmologists will devote careers to

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Happiness Britain is less happy than in the 1950s despite the fact that we are three times richer. So what exactly makes us happy? A new car, an expensive holiday or simply spending time with friends and family? （尽管我们拥有着当 年三倍的财富，如今

CNN 2010-05-12

Environment, economy, elections, education, all E words and all part of these Monday edition of CNN Student News. From CNN center, Im Carl Azuz. First up, officials are moving on to Plan C to try to stop the oil thats gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.