President Obama is sidestepping the GOP opposition in Congress to appoint the head of a new consumer protection bureau. Today I'm appointing Richard as America's consumer watchdog. The President speaking about Richard Cordray in Ohio, where the nomin

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Unit 12 Ambition In-Class Reading Ambition 1 In college, my friend Beth was very ambitious, not only for herself but for her friends. She was interested in foreign relations, in travel, in going to la

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BBC News with Jonathan Izard. The FBI Director James Comey has confirmed for the first time that his agency is investigating alleged Russian government interference in last year's U.S. presidential election. Mr. Comey told the Congressional Intellige

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Theres nothing like a good nap. It can refresh your moodand possibly your memory. Because a new study in the journal Science shows that a quick snooze after a mental workout helps to consolidate learning. And that sounds heard during sleep can trigge

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Environmental Protection Today on Congressional Moment. Voice2: Only within the moment of time represented by the present century, has one species man acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world. ANNCR: That was from Rachel Carson's 1

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九地篇 NO.6: 凡为客之道,深则专,浅则散。 去国越境而师者,绝地也; 四通者,衢地也;入深者,重地也;入浅者,轻地也;背固前隘者,围地也;无所往者,死地也。 是故散地,吾将一

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That's how we forged a Trans-Pacific Partnership to open markets, protect workers and the environment, and advance American leadership in Asia. 这还是我们建立跨太平洋伙伴关系协定(TPP)时采取的方法。该协定能打开市场、

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Relationship Between Bush and Putin Getting Weaker After their first meeting in 2001, President Bush was convinced Mr. Putin was a man he could trust. President Bush : I looked the man in the eye, I f

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A 13,000 mile dragon of earth and stone winds its way through the countryside of China 一条1万3英里的土石之龙蜿蜒于中国乡野之间, with a history almost as long and serpentine as the structure. 它的历史几乎与其结构一样悠

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研究证明:做梦竟能增强记忆力 People who enjoy a dream-filled sleep are significantly better at recalling information and making links between facts when they wake, scientists found. 科学家发现,那些睡觉时梦境连连的人们,

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BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator, Wu Bangguo, on Friday held talks with Yokomichi Takahiro, speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, and both pledged to further bilateral ties. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the N

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced last Monday that he will visit Pearl Harbor later this month to mourn the victims of the Japanese surprise attack 75 years ago. 日本首相安倍晋三上周一宣布,他将于本月晚些时候访问美国

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BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- China and the European Union (EU) pledged Tuesday to set a good example for international cooperation in the 21st century. The two sides made the pledge in a joint press release issued after the third China-EU high-level

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Connie works in real estate in Manhattan. Her listings were on Craigslist and other web sites. One day she decided to consolidate all her listings onto one site. That site was Naked Apartments. She called one of her new clients. She said, Please visi

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Business 商业报道 Italian fashion 意大利时尚 French invasion 法国的入侵 Galling as it is, it makes sense for Italian brands to sell to big French firms 如此难堪,意大利品牌卖给法国大公司是有道理的 Italian style, Fr

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中国企业走进欧洲论坛在上海闭幕 Europe is China's most important trading partner, while for the EU China is second only to the United States. According to statistics released by Price Waterhouse Coopers, China's investment for the EU su

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HONG KONG, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's new chief executive Leung Chun-ying Sunday said the new government will lead the city to develop the economy, improve people's livelihood, promote democracy and build a more prosperous, progressive and righte

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NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday as investors(投资者) pulled back after Monday's big gains. The Dow Jones industrial average added 20.43 points, or 0.18 percent, to 11,691.18. The Standard Poor's 500 index dipped(

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NAIROBI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- For the first time in the 2011/ 2012 IRB World Sevens Series, the Kenyan national team made a triumphant return on Thursday from a series tour after their Bowl and Plate winning performances in Wellington and Las Vegas le

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Long-simmering tensions between Donald Trump and the Washington foreign policy establishment burst into the open yesterday after a respected former congressman quit the transition team and a leading neoconservative publicly warned colleagues not to j

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