A Humble Gift It is the last day of the school year and I stand empty-handed with no gift to give you. It isn't that I haven't tried to think of something thoughtful and kind-quite the contrary. For months, I have combed catalogs, browsed specialty s

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Develop and Fulfill Ones Life I ‵will|practise perseverance more often, and never give up a ‵thing|because it was hard or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. ‵Perseverance|can sometimes equal genius in its results. T

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President Obama walks past casket of Dorothy Height during funeral services in Washington, 29 Apr 2010 President Barack Obama eulogized U.S. civil rights leader Dorothy Height on Thursday as a history-making figure in a righteous cause. The president

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高科技让空气吉他成为可能 Learning to play guitar requires a lot of practice, perseverance and, at least in the beginning, painful blisters on fingers. 学习弹吉他需要勤加练习,不折不挠,至少要在初期忍受手指的水疱

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Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. 成大事者,凭毅力而非气力也。(Samuel Johnson) 图片1

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Nydja / United States speaker A good student is somebody who has a keen interest and a desire to learn and a willingness to work hard. Jeff / Canada I think what makes a good student is perseverance and discipline. I think that nothing comes easy in

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Unit 30 Meet the Ten Richest People in the World in 2000 (I) 10. Michael Dell Age: 34. Nationality: American. Marital Status: Married. Children: 4. Worth: $16.5 Billion. Just barely squeezing in at number ten is the youngest of all of our billionaire

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to use the word however in a sentence. It's probably more complicated than you think it is. The question I get asked most frequently about however is whether it is OK to use however at the beginning of a senten

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By Doug Levine Washington 22 October 2006 Few musicians can say they've performed with some of the world's most famous blues artists, and then went on to enjoy a long and successful solo career. Walter Trout knows a thing or two about perseverance.

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 17 August 2006 In 1908, a handful of auto enthusiasts drove across three continents in a race from New York to Paris. A re-creation of the race in 2008 will highlight the best of 21st century automotive technology. ---

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Front Street in Woodburn, Oregon, is lined with taquerias, stores displaying Mexican-style cowboy boots and hats, signs in Spanish and a bus station that offers tickets to the heart of Mexico. Migrant farm-workers started coming to Woodburn about 50

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Online Job Postings Seeing Rapid Growth Applications for unemployment benefits jumped in the United States to a seasonally-adjusted 329,000 last week, up 24,000 from the week before. Unemployment is still high at 6.7 percent. But for job seekers, esp

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, which, true to its name, campaigns to abolish nuclear weapons. As NPR's Camila Domonoske reports, the prize sends a

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: One of the country's biggest Latino advocacy groups has a new name. This month, the National Council of La Raza became UnidosUS. As NPR's Jessica Diaz-Hurtado reports, the group hopes to appeal to a new generation. JESSICA DIAZ-H

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One of the most basic moral values for Americans is honesty. The well-known legend about George Washington and the cherry tree teaches this value clearly. Little George cut down his fathers favorite cherry tree while trying out his new hatchet. When

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史蒂夫-凯斯是全美最大的网络服务商美国在线(AOL)的创始人,下面是史蒂夫-凯斯(Steve Case)在北卡罗莱那大学教堂山分校2013年毕业典礼上的演讲视频及演讲稿,他告诉学生们,要学着做一

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By Phuong Tran Praia, Cape Verde 20 May 2007 Lela Violao practices in Praia Cape Verde The West African island nation of Cape Verde has suffered for centuries from periods of severe famine and drought. Most of its residents have immigrated overseas.

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By Scott Stearns White House 07 October 2006 George W. Bush, Oct. 7, 2006 U.S. President George Bush says American forces fighting overseas will ultimately make the world a more peaceful place. Mr. Bush spoke at the christening of an aircraft carrie

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Hillary Clinton won the Kentucky primary election, Tuesday, by a margin of more than two to one, but Barack Obama won the race in Oregon and passed a milestone in the Democratic Party's presidential contest. Clinton has vowed to stay in the race, whi

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Ha Jin: Across an Ocean of Words 哈金:超越字海 Xuefei Jin, who writes under the pen-name Ha Jin, was born in 1956 in Liaoning province in northern China. At only 14 years of age, Ha Jin joined the Peoples Liberation Army. He began teaching hi

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