Stock markets in Asia have followed the downward trend set by Wall Street as fears mount over the state of the ailing global economy. The Australian government says it is hopeful that a coordinated response to the world's economic problems will emer

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图片1 Languages are always evolving and changing. Here we look at a pretty modern trend in English, which is to make new words by blending two words together. Sometimes these two words have similar meanings, and sometimes they have opposite meaning

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图片1 Languages are always evolving and changing. Here we look at a pretty modern trend in English, which is to make new words by blending two words together. Sometimes these two words have similar meanings, and sometimes they have opposite meaning

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This poll will send shock waves through the NO campaign and give the NO campaigners a severe bout of the jitters. It's by U curve. It's in the Sun and Times and it shows the gap is closing. The NO campaign's lead is shrinking. Asked should Scotland b

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Teen pregnancy is tough, even in good times. But Nate Howell and his 16-year-old girlfriend are facing parenthood during an economic downturn. We met Nate last May as he graduated from Central High in Elkhart, an Indiana town hit hard by hard times.

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Time now for Business News. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan gave lawmakers on Capitol Hill a fresh warning yesterday. The budget deficit, he said, is on an unsustainable path. Unless that trend is reversed, at some point, these deficits will

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By Carol Pearson Washington 18 June 2007 The number of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease is expected to quadruple by the year 2050. Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, say 106 million people worldwide

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By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 27 July 2006 watch Surgery report Having surgery used to mean the permanent memento of an ugly scar. But the trend in modern surgery is something called M.I.P., which stands for Minimally Invasive Procedure. There are

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Curved Screens, Wearable Technology Dominate Consumer Electronic Show弧形屏幕,可穿戴技术主导消费电子展 The International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas traditionally starts off the year exhibiting the hottest technology trends

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CrossFit: Hot Global Fitness Trend Strengthens Dominance 健身房风靡全球 What started in a California garage in the 1970s is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing fitness concepts worldwide. It's called CrossFit and is a method of whole-b

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A record number of women are running for Congress this year. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben asked if this marks a lasting shift. DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, BYLINE: Lauren Underwood, the Democratic House candidate in Illinois' 14th district,

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Beginners. Ellensburg is a town that is about an hour and a half's drive from Wenatchee. If you take the main road towards Seattle, you will find it on the way. The town is situated in a very wide valley that is pretty and green, especially at the mo

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今天我们要学的词是spark。 Spark, 作为动词,意思是导致,引起。纽约市和罗德岛最近先后通过了允许同性恋结婚的法律。 The trend of legalizing gay marriage sparked an intensive debate over the meaning of marr

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2017出生人口比2016下降63万,低生育率老龄化社会车轮滚滚而来 Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- Today keeps you informed and inspired. I'm Suyi Coming up: The birthrate in China fell last year despite t

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