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New York City-based Pfizer Incorporated, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, has stopped research on torcetrapib, a drug they hoped to sell to treat heart disease. The drug was supposed to raise levels of what is known as good cholesterol. T

CNN 2011-08-25

The situation is still very fluid. There remains degree of uncertainty and there are still regime elements who pose a threat. But this much is clear: The Gaddafi regime is coming to an end, and the future of Libya is in the hands of its people. In ju

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Do you need eight glasses of water everyday? Tring to do the right thing by drinking eight full glasses of water everyday may do little more than making a person run to the bathroom, a researcher said. Newspaper articles, health and beauty magazines

【突破英文词汇】flu, fluc, flux -- flow 流

1. fluid /ˈflu:ɪd/ -- 1. substance that flows 2. not rigid; changing easily Air, water, molasses and milk are all fluids. 空气、水、糖蜜和牛奶都是流体。 During November, the military situation remained fluid, with advances and retres

英语博客：The Blue Bees.

The Spring season brings all sorts of life and activity to this valley. You see people out on the streets, walking their dogs, in the parks with friends, and the school fields are full of sporting activities. For the first time, my daughter is in soc

VOA慢速英语20061129a

HEALTH REPORT - Waltzing Pumps Up Heart PatientsBy Lawan Davis Broadcast: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A social dancing program at a senior citizen cente

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SSS 2008-11-18

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. In theory, scientists could learn a lot about our health by testing tiny amounts of bodily fluidsa drop of blood, a tear, a bead of sweat. But somethin

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Libya's opposition had success on the international stage Thursday, but setbacks in fighting against forces loyal to the country's leader, Moammar Gadhafi. The opposition lost territory in both the east and west of the country, though the rebels here

烧烤Barbecue: BBQ

CHARLIE: Beer! Where is the beer! HUGH: Don't be such a beer hog, Charlie. Why don't we play some frisbee first? CHARLIE: Frisbee? Without beer? Are you kidding? I won't be able to catch it. I won't b

【英语语言学习】睡眠与健康

Sleep. It's something we spend about a third of our lives doing, but do any of us really understand what it's all about? Two thousand years ago, Galen, one of the most prominent medical researchers of the ancient world, proposed that while we're awak

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Ibra to miss Juve clash

ROME, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Italian giants AC Milan will see their striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic sidelined in the clash against league leaders Juventus on February 25, as the Swedish international was handed a three-match ban on Monday. The Swede, who has

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He can get a sense of the sweep of the whole company, the iPhone and iPad, the iMac and laptop and everything we're considering. 他能够把握公司的全局，包括iPhone、iPad、iMac和笔记本电脑，以及其他我们正在考虑的产品。

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Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you? 我们初次相遇，难道真的是六十二年前吗？ It is truly a lifetime, I know. But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterday that I first saw you, in that small ca

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My friend Sarah is a vet. I have asked her to tell us about a typical days work. I am a veterinary surgeon and work for a charity called PDSA, which stands for the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals. We treat pets belonging to people who are on stat