Patrick Hourigan has spent nearly 12 years at IBM, initially as a systems telecoms engineer and then as a software developer. 帕特里克胡里根在IBM工作了近12年,起初他是一名系统电信工程师,然后成为了一名软件开发者。

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Puritans and Harvard 清教徒和哈佛 Puritans played a very important role in Harvard history as well as in American history. 清教徒不仅在美国历史中扮演过重要角色,同样在哈佛大学的历史中也起到了重要作用。 In

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Abort - To stop doing something. Particularly, to exit a software program or stop receiving or sending a message. Access - (1) (verb) to get use of something, or (2) (noun) refers to a particular leve

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An Egyptian hijacker who forced a domestic flight to land in Cyprus used a fake suicide belt, officials said. The drama ended with all passengers released unhurt and the man giving himself up. 官方公布,一名埃及劫机者用假的自杀式腰带

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Hello everyone, Im Catherine Callaway, at the CNN center, with a look at whats happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Firefighters are finally gaining some ground against the wildfire just outside of Los Angeles because of the cooler weather. A spokeswoman for

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Hi, there, good to see you, I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Chrysler and Italian automaker Fiat has signed off on a deal brokered by Uncle Sam to become what's known as Chrysler Group. F

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Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama says Republican John McCain is too out of touch with American workers to help the nations struggling manufacturing base. Obama spoke at a town hall meeting in Detroit suburb of Troy. Detroit Public Ra

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A Pentagon report being released this hour says nearly three quarters of service members polled believe that allowing gays to serve openly in the military will have little to no impact, but the report says there is a significant minority that opposes

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1. A guilty verdict for Lewis Scooter Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. Libby was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into leaks revealing the identity of a CIA agent. He's the highest-ranking White Hous

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Sometimes it is important to get back to basics in the over-50 dating game. Anyone who is out there trying to find a mate would know what sort of photos to present to the world, but there is evidence to indicate perhaps not. We all respond initially

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Since A.A. Milne published the first official Winnie The Pooh story in 1926, the character has become beloved by children across many generations. 自从艾伦亚历山大米尔恩1926年推出小熊维尼的故事以来,这一形象就深受几代儿

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Musician Helped Define Rock n Roll in 1950s and 60s 音乐家帮助诠释了五六十年代摇滚乐含义 The music we call Rock n Roll became popular in the United States about 60 years ago. Rock n roll developed from two other musical traditions:

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Lessons in life and leadership from Nelson Mandela Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 15 April 2010 TIME magazine editor Richard Stengel came to know Nelson Mandela as a leader, a freedom fighter and a man. Richard Stengel considers Nelson Mandela anti-a

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Nearly everyone is taught as a kid that lying is bad, but the truth is that society puts up with so much falsehood that many people become liars while thinking they are truthful. Little lies like embellishing your resume or being nice so you won't hu

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And what about font size and type? 那字的大小和字体呢? The earliest movable type pieces consisted of reversed letters cast in relief on the ends of lead alloy stocks. 最早的活字是在铅铝坯料的一端铸造凸出的反字。 They

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Faced with a patriarchal society, they have found that by helping each other out, all benefit. 面对这个父权社会,她们发现,藉由帮助彼此,所有人都能得到好处。 In my previous job, I was the most senior woman in the Middle

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- we look into spider holes and some other terms that have come out of the war in Iraq. RS: Sunday's news of the arrest of Saddam Hussein included some military lingo that has cap

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When it comes to fashion, just about anything goes. But some might feel that one Chinese city has gone too far in its quirky new trend. 说到时尚啥事都可能发生。但是有些人可能觉得中国城市正流行起来的新兴时尚有点太过

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Part 2. All you need is love? A. Keywords. social backgrounds, race, ethnic, religion. Vocabulary. pre-industrial, propose, criterion. You are going to hear a report on how people in different parts of the world choose their mates. A1. Before listeni

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Conversation Two 23. A. Confident. B. Hesitant. C. Determined. D. Doubtful. 24. A. An export salesman working overseas. B. A trainee working through every branch. C. A production manager in a branch. D. A policy maker in the company. 25. A. Trainees

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