Books and Arts; Book Review;Nuclear warfare;Conscientious objector; 文艺;书评;核战争;良心反对者; Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience: The Life and Work of Joseph Rotblat. 持有核良知的人:约瑟夫罗特布拉特的工作与

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The Federal Aviation Administration 美国联邦航空管理局 Wings clipped 翅膀被剪 A worked example of the effects of congressional stupidity 国会愚蠢行为之后果造就的现成例子 Aug 6th 2011 | NEW YORK | from the print edition La

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Newton was a decidedly odd figurebrilliant beyond measure, but solitary, joyless, prickly to the point of paranoia, famously distracted (upon swinging his feet out of bed in the morning he would reportedly sometimes sit for hours, immobilized by the

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Now, does what I'm offering you 我的提议 come anywhere near what you want or deserve? No. 的确距你们想要的,应得的差得很远 But you gotta open your eyes and take what's in front of you. 但你们要打开眼界,着眼当前 We ca

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七个忠告,助你感情长久 When you think about sustainability, what comes to mindglobal warming, going green, doing your part to lessen your carbon footprint? How about relationships? We should compost old relationships and only get involved

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WASHINGTON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space agency NASA on Tuesday confirmed its most advanced planetary rover, Curiosity will land on the Martian surface at 1:31 a.m. EDT (0531 GMT) on Aug. 6 and the landing process will be broadcast live from Times

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拉丁美洲仍是最不平等,最不安全的地区 UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Latin America remained the most unequal and most insecure region in the world, said a UN report released Tuesday, calling for efforts to reduce insecurity thro

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Spanish Businesses Fret Over VAT Hike SEVILLE Spains standard value-added tax will jump from 18-21 percent on September 1, and the reduced rate will rise two percent, the sharpest increase in the countrys history. The hike is expected to plunge Spain

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided into 3 equal parts between Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakul Karman, for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's

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OR NEW YEAR A beautiful wish to you and your family --- live a happy life and everything goes well. A happy New Year to you. 恭贺新年。 Allow me to congratulate you on the arrival of the New Year and to extend to you all my best wishes for your

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Names Titles 美式的名字与称谓What's in a name? According to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, not too much. That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But Shakespeare may have been wrong. In most cultures, names and title

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BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday held talks with Uzbek President Islam Karimov in Beijing, and both sides agreed to upgrade bilateral relations to a strategic partnership. Reviewing the healthy development of bilat

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NEW YORK -- A treasured relic of the U.S. space program, the Enterprise space shuttle, has arrived at its new home in New York City. Under blue skies, a barge bearing the space shuttle prototype Enterprise powered up the Hudson River Wednesday mornin

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NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks extended gains on Friday, with major indexes higher for the fourth straight day as most of the latest data signaled a pick-up in the economy. As of Friday's close, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 124.

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5 Things We Should Spend More Money On, And 5 Things We Should Not Imagine that you are sitting on the front porch of your house sipping lemonade with your family on a warm summers night. You sit back and reminisce with them about how you bought the

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TIRANA, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Minister of Justice, Eduard Halimi, states that the new civil package of Albania comes to power on Sunday and will help thousands of citizens. This civil reform helps in boosting efficiency of judicial system by elimin

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At 10, Grace Morgan is a young fashionista and takes pains to dress in the latest styles. But her mom, Amy, works part-time and her husband was recently laid off, leaving little room in the family budget for designer-brand clothes. So Grace didn't as

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Troubling Times 令人不安的时代 At the conclusion of this last political election (ending with my beloved country being more divided than ever) a friend wrote me a letter sharing her fears and concerns for the future. She ended it with this sen

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北约敦促朝鲜放弃核武器 BRUSSELS, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Foreign ministers from the 28 NATO countries on Tuesday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear and ballistic missile

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有时候,我们也许会问,永远有多远?一个在乎你的人对你说:我会永远的爱你!你是否会相信呢?在这个物欲横流的社会里,你的答案也许是否定的.但是我会说,我相信.虽然我不知道永远有多远,那个爱

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