Remember, a name is for life In Sao Paulo, a baby boy is chortling away, unaware that a court is deciding his fate. If it finds in his father's favour, he is in all kinds of trouble. There may be a law in Brazil against giving your child a name that

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Facing the Enemies Within Let me tell you about five of the other enemies we face from within. The first enemy that youve got to destroy before it destroys you is indifference. What a tragic disease this is! Ho-hum, let it slide. Ill just drift along

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How the Americans View Friendship Steve and Yaser ‵first met|in their chemistry class|at an American university. Yaser was an ‵international student|from Jordon. He wanted to learn ‵more|about American culture|and hope that he and Ste

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A Good Heart to Lean on When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly squirm at the s

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Our Family Creed They are the principles on which my wife and I have tried to bring up my family. They are the principles in which my father believed, and by which he governed his life. They are the principles, many of them, which I leared at my moth

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Altogether autumn Suddenly, I think of my youngest daughter, living now in Amsterdam. Very soon she will call and ask Have you planted the bulbs yet? Then I will answer teasingly that actually Im waiting until she comes to help me. And then we will b

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Experiencing Scotland 苏格兰的风情 Scotland is a unique and austere place, laden with history, where you can find aristocratic palaces and castles, as well as the traditional parades in national costumes. It has some of the most beautiful citie

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April Fool's Day While popular in the U.S., the April Fool's Day tradition is even more prevalent in European countries, such as France and Great Britain. Although the roots of the traditional trickings are unclear, the French and the British both ha

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What Are You Doing on New Year's Eve? In America, the best-known place to be on December thirty-first is Times Square in New York City. Hundreds of thousands of people gather in the cold. They crowd together and wait for midnight. The people count do

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Barbies fate ‵Barbie, beware. The ‵iconic plastic doll|is ‵often mutilated|at the ‵hands of young girls, according to research published|by British academics. The ‵girls we survey|see Barbie torture|as a ‵legitimate play activit

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Think more about what you have One of the more pervasive and destructive mental tendencies I've seen is that of focusing on what we want instead of what we have. It doesn't seem to make my difference how much we have, we just keep expanding our list

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Is My Life Real Bad? Have you ever, at any one time, had the feeling that life is bad, real bad, and you wish you were in another situation? You find life make things difficult for you, work sucks, life sucks, everything seems to go wrong... Read the

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Dating Valentine's Day is a special time for love. Millions of people will receive flowers, chocolate or some other gift. Others might get just a phone call or an electronic message from someone they care about. Still others would be happy just to ha

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Look like a million -- without breaking the bank! Sure, celebrities like Jennifer Aniston and Uma Thurman always look chic and stylish -- they also have unlimited clothing budgets that put the latest looks at their fingertips! But you can still look

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Be the First One to Act Loving or Reaching out Many of us hold on|to ‵little resentments, which ‵stem from|an argument, a ‵misunderstanding, or some other ‵painful event. Stubbornly, we wait for someone ‵else|to reach out to us believ

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HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH FOREIGNERS Just the other day, I was in a bookshop and spotted a volume entitled How to Make Friends with Foreigners by Li Yang of Crazy English fame.Naturally, as a foreigner who has been living in China for a year, I was cu

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Do students have the right to fall in love in college This is a controversial issue in our times. Just as a coin has two sides, no side is better than the other; it is often difficult to distinguish what is right from what is wrong? Love is a feeling

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Secrets of Student The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techiniques that others can readily learn.Here,according to the education experts and students themselves,are the secrets of straightA student. 1. Set Priorities.

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Lession in class(1) It's time to stop students' boorish behavior,college professors say. One student took a box of chicken to class. Another carried a cell phone co-nversation, and still another whistled loudly every time the professor turned his bac

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An Important Aspect of College Life It is perfectly possible to organize the life of our colleges in such a way that students and teachers alike will take part in it; in such a way that a perfectly natural daily intercourse will be established betwee

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