Should Capital Punishment Be a Major Deterrent to Crime?

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US, France Increase Troop Strength in Haiti Capital

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By Valer Gergely Washington 23 April 2008 Kazakhstan enjoys a booming economy fueled by the country's oil revenues. As Valer Gergely reports, the country's new capital, Astana is not only one of the fastest growing cities in the world, but has also b

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He was not particularly philanthropic. 乔布斯并不是一个特别乐善好施的人。 He briefly set up a foundation, but he discovered that it was annoying to have to deal with the person he had hired to run it, who kept talking about venture p

经济学人:一周商业要闻3

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A tight job market might have taken away some jobseekers' leverage in a salary negotiation, but that doesn't mean they should roll over and accept the first offer, says New York-based executive coach Rabia de Lande Long. To get the top compensation p

VOA常速英语2008年-Residents Flee Chad Capital

By Kari Barber Dakar 04 February 2008 U.N. officials say thousands of Chadians have been fleeing the capital N'Djamena to neighboring Cameroon after two days of heavy fighting between rebel groups and government forces. Kari Barber reports from our W

高效人士有哪些好的日常行为

What Are the Best Daily Routines of Highly Productive People? 高效的人都有哪些好的日常行为？ Plan for the next day before bed. 睡觉前计划好明天的一切。 Wake up early. 早起。 Get enough sleep. 睡足。 Frame your emotion

男女有别或同工不同酬 你敢晒工资吗

Whats the solution to ending gender-based pay disparities and all income inequality in the office? For a US programmer named Lauren Voswinkel, a simple way to start is by making it clear what everyone makes. After all, we cant know we are being paid

VOA常速英语2007年-Somali Capital Empties as Residents Flee Renewe

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 11 November 2007 Several neighborhoods in the Somali capital, Mogadishu are virtually deserted as residents flee to avoid fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgents. From the Ethiopian capital, Addis A

VOA常速英语2008年-Bodies, Debris Litter Capital of Chad After Reb

By Nico Colombant Dakar 06 March 2008 Government troops were able to fight back a second rebel advance on Chad's capital recently, but as VOA's Nico Colombant and Tatiana Mossot report, residents of N'Djamena are finding life is not the same anymore.

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I have met a lot of friends who have said really nice things about being with a Chinese girl. And truthfully, it is a subject worth considering. Dating a Chinese woman poses a different experience from dating Western women or perhaps women from any o

When do we Use Capital Letters?

1. Use a capital letter for the personal pronoun 'I': What can I say? 2. Use a capital letter to begin a sentence or to begin speech: The man arrived. He sat down. Suddenly Mary asked, Do you love me? 3. Use capital letters for many abbreviations and

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2007年VOA标准英语-UNHCR Says Thousands Fleeing Somali Capital

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 August 2007 The U.N. refugee agency reports between February and May, more than 400,000 civilians fled the Somali capital Mogadishu. This was sparked by heavy fighting between the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Govern

经济学人:信贷紧缩侵蚀欧洲 银行业查漏补缺更待何时?

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乔布斯传 第342期:飞越太空!(4)

In the first half hour, the stock shot up to $45, and trading had to be delayed because there were too many buy orders. 开盘半小时，股票价格就飙升至45美元，因为买盘太多交易不得不延迟进行。 It then went up even further