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Todays topic is the use of feminine nouns such as actress and comedienne. These days, people often see such terms as sexist, but it's also common to hear at least some of them. So what exactly are the modern rules for using such terms? Actually, this

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Several listeners have written with questions on when to use the definite article the, the indefinite article a, or neither. For example, Tracy W. wrote, Which is correct: Thank you for taking time to review my application, or Thank you for taking th

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Jobs asserted his control of the group by canceling a brown-bag lunch seminar that Raskin was scheduled to give to the whole company in February 1981. 拉斯金原定于1981年2月要主持一场全公司范围的自带午餐的研讨会，但乔布斯

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Thus they were destined to clash, especially after Jobs was ejected from the Lisa project in September 1980 and began casting around for someplace else to make his mark. 因此，他们两人之间注定会有冲突，尤其是乔布斯在1980年9月被

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T-mac suffers fourth straight loss in CBA

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MILAN, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Inter Milan head coach Andrea Stramaccioni said his side are rediscovering their balance following their 2-0 victory over Pescara in the Italian Serie A league at home on Saturday. It went well, because the most important t