Another messy breakup for the cable news bad boy Keith Olbermann, the anchorman both loved and loathed for his on and off era that he has just been canned, and this time its a former vice president of the United States of America who gave him the boo

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 访谈录2012年

By Doug Levine Washington 30 April 2006 Donald Fagen likes to take his time. It took his group Steely Dan more than 20 years to tour, and it took the singer and keyboardist even longer to tour as a so

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The mystery of the dying birds. There has been another incident of mass deaths. This time in Italy. Is this now a global phenomenon or are we just paying more attention to nature work? Here is Matt Guttman. Theyre calling this the Aflockalypse. Turtl

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232. A vocation for the vigorous 充满活力者的职业 vigor-vocational The vigor and vitality that one must possess to be a doctor is amazing. Perhaps many have the vision, but only the truly vigorous can handle such a vocation. Virtuosity is a m

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xfam says Ghana's new oil law will not protect it from making the same financial mistakes as established oil producers such as Angola and Nigeria. The Petrol Revenue Management Bill that Ghana's parliament ratified on March 2 is to regulate how the c

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This is All Things Considered from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel. Even in this era of Madden Football and Grand Theft Auto of Gameboys and PlayStations , you can still read an account of Hezbollah's raid across the Israeli border as Nasrallah's gambit

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By Zulima Palacio Branson, Missouri 18 July 2006 watch Christmas in July report Santas everywhere Five hundred forty seven Santa Clauses, Mrs. Santas, elves and helpers recently staged what they called theFirst International Convention of Santas. It

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Libya's Former Rebels Pose Challenge A year and a half ago, electrical engineer Omran Al-Awayeb took up arms to defend his neighborhood against Gadhafi forces. Now he commands a part-time band of rebels who are still worried about their country's fut

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With EU Trade Agreement, Ukraine Open for Business 乌克兰同欧盟签订贸易协议 开放经济 KYIV Just days after Ukraine signed an association agreement with the European Union, Ukrainian businesses held an exhibition of their products to sh

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In our world of scientific discovery, one mystery endures. The Hoodoo Sea, the Limbo of The Lost, some seeing mysterious forces at work, others the powers of sea and storm. We dive into the deep. It appears to be a large military plane. And unleash s

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Don: Oh, Yael, I just read the most beautiful poem. No wonder our ancestors developed writing--they probably wanted to treasure poetry for posterity. Yael: Actually Don, writing was developed to keep track of more mundane things, like money. For exam

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When you think about inventions that have radically changed human existence, what comes to mind? Probably the wheel, the printing press, maybe the refrigerator and definitely personal computers. Then there are those more mundane things that we rarely

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Do you use calendars very much? I do. Without them, I'm sure I would forget a lot of appointments. I have a calendar conveniently placed in my kitchen, just above where I do my podcasts. I have a collection of other important things on this 'mini-des

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By David McAlary Washington 10 July 2006 U.S. space shuttle astronauts are on their second spacewalk in three days, acting as orbiting mechanics at the International Space Station. They are making repairs to the outpost's cooling system and its rail

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今天我们要学的词是 chore。Chore 家务事。Britons consider cleaning the oven one of the worst chores. 英国人觉得,清理烤箱是最烦人的家务活之一。美国华盛顿大学的一项研究显示,Couples who shared the burde

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By Jessica Berman Washington 13 February 2008 Scientists in the United States say they have developed fabrics that can generate electricity. Researchers say they have harvested enough electricity to power small electronic devices such as an mp3 playe

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Thinking of Juno as just a teenage comedy would be a truly patronizing misstep. The movie centers on the emotional uncertainties of a 16-year-old girl, transforming an outwardly mundane storyline into something extraordinarily affecting and laugh-out

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

How long could you listen to someone talking about the evolution of the electric hand-dryer without yawning and becoming restless? How about listening to a man talking about what makes him sneeze or finding out about British motorways? If all this so

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You Snooze or You Lose 几乎每个人在忙碌了一天之后,都要香香地睡上一觉。当然也有活了一辈子不 睡觉的人,但那是极个别的。人要睡觉是一种生理反应,是大脑神经活动的一部分, 是大脑皮质

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Stand tall like the sunflower 如向日葵般高高站立 I find it humorous sometimes that even the most mundane occurrences can have an impact on our awareness. 有时候我觉得很有意思,甚至连最平凡的事情都能够对我们的认识产

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