Robert Owen, a British mill-owner and reformer, treated private property, along with organised religion and marriage, as a social scourge. In 1825 he bought land for a farm-and-factory commune in Indiana. It attracted farmers, artisans and intellectu

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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori asked for forgiveness on Tuesday for mistakes during his authoritarian rule of the country. His statement came amid protests that began after Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski pardoned Fujimori on Dec

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Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition at a hospital in Tucson, but the neurosurgeon treating her says doctors are, in his words, actually confident that she's making progress. We can even think that she is beginning t

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AS IT IS 2016-07-25 New Trend in Women World Leaders? 女性领导人,世界新趋势? Britains Theresa May recently took office as the first woman prime minister since Margaret Thatcher. This week, Hillary Clinton will become the first American woma

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If you've watched the news or followed politics 如果你看新闻或者关注政治, chances are you've heard the term Orwellian thrown around in one context or another. 那么你很有可能听说过奥威尔现象频繁地出现在不同的语境中

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A hypnotic state of cognitive dissonance in which one is compelled to disregard their own perception 它是一种催眠状态下的认知失调,在此状态下,人们被强迫放弃自己的认知, in place of the officially dictated version of

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There will never be anyone else like you in the future of the universe. That's why being yourself is more important than anything else. 宇宙中再不会有一个人和你一样。这就是为什么做自己比什么都重要。 That's how life work

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There will never be anyone else like you in the future of the universe. That's why being yourself is more important than anything else. 宇宙中再不会有一个人和你一样。这就是为什么做自己比什么都重要。 That's how life work

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Economics focus经济聚焦 Degrees of democracy 民主的程度 More education does not necessarily lead to greater enthusiasm for representative politics 受教育程度越高并不一定对代表制政治产生更大的热情 Jun 23rd 2011 | from

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Human-rights abuses 人权问题 Nothing new under the sun 日光之下无新事 Some dictators may have fallen, but human-rights abuses continue 也许有些独裁者已然倒下,但侵犯人权之事依旧存续 May 12th 2011 | OSLO | from the pr

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KWAME HOLMAN: A Colorado wildfire forced evacuations of more than 7,000 people today, as it burned out of control in record heat and high wind. Officials said the big blaze may have destroyed 100 homes so far, with hundreds more in jeopardy near Colo

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France's top diplomatic envoy met with Burma's leading opposition figure Sunday, as he became the latest Western official to visit the Asian nation following a series of fast-paced reforms. The trip comes shortly after the United States restored full

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ISTANBUL There have been more clashes in Turkey's capital, Ankara, between anti-government protesters and security forces, as civil unrest in the country continues. The prime minister condemned the protesters and called for calm. Protests are also co

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ANKARA, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet on Wednesday representatives of some groups that organized the recent protests against a demolition plan of Istanbul's Taksim Square's Gezi Park, Deputy Prime Minister

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The European Union is heightening its pressure on Hungary for reforms, saying that it has failed to effectively control its budget deficit and that its new constitution may be unlawful. EU economy minister Olli Rehn said Wednesday that the Budapest g

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Former states under Soviet unx from Estonia to Mongolia also covered by findings that happiness gap between eastern and western Europe persists 从爱沙尼亚到蒙古的前苏联国家接受了一场关于东西欧之间幸福差距的问卷调查。

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The world's most famous whistleblower who is marooned in Russia has attacked his hosts for human rights abuses and hacking emails. 目前逃亡俄罗斯的世界最知名泄密者斯诺登公开抨击俄罗斯侵犯人权、涉嫌黑客袭击。 Edwa

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The administration of Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is claiming victory in today's referendum to expand the president's executive powers. With 99 percent of the votes counted, Turkish election officials said 51 percent of Turks voted yes

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Leaders 社论 Video games 电子游戏 The price of free 免费的代价 The rush to extract money from players risks a regulatory backlash 急于榨取玩家资金会带来监管反弹风险 Moral Panics over new media are old hat. 新媒体带来的

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学英语的时候大家可能都被建议模仿老外常挂嘴边的语气词诸如well,actually,you know之类,但注意,这些词用多了,你的句子就会变得凌乱而没有条理,让听者生厌,就像中文中那个被滥用无数

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