Worse than a Negative Nancy, or Debbie Downer. This person is excessively negative, even during the happiest of times. They find themselves completely incapable of being positive. Some might call them pessimists, but they are much worse. They seem to be addicted to negativity.
> My [hubby] is the biggest negaholic EVER! I surprised him with a new flatscreen tv for his birthday. Instead of smiling and hugging me, he instead frowned and asked how much I spent on it since he was planning on buying a new hard drive for his computer with our extra [dough]. Then he frowned some more because he realized he was another year older.

Lesson 1 Does Television Play a Positive or Negative Role in the Modern Society? Text Do the Advantages of Television Outweigh the Disadvantages? Television is now playing a very important part in our

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I-Im feeling your thunder我 我感觉的到你心中的闪电 The storms getting closer暴雨已经接近 This rain is like fire这场雨像火在烧 And my-my worlds going under而我 我的世界在崩解 And I cant remember 而我完全记不得

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[00:01.46]Someone need a hand? 谁丢了手吗? [00:04.44]- Wheres my nose? - Here it is. - 我鼻子哪儿去了? - 给你 [00:05.86]- Heres your arm. - Gimme that. - 你的胳膊 - 给我 [00:07.16]Honey, the mustache? 亲爱的 胡子呢? [00:08.1

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Well i can't forget this evening And your faces when you were leaving But i guess that's just the way the story goes You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows Yes it shows Well i can't forget tomorrow When i think of all my sorrow When I ha

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By Sabina Castelfranco Istanbul 30 November 2006 Pope Benedict XVI visited the Blue Mosque in Istanbul Thursday, becoming the second pope to enter a Muslim place of worship. He also visited Aya Sophia, which used to be Christianity's largest church.

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Over the last few decades, the Catholic Church in America has struggled to fill the ranks of its clergy. The average age of the church's serving priests and nuns is 70 and still rising. But some Catholic orders in the United States are successfully a

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Andy Warhol: The Father of Pop Art Written by Dana Demange (THEME) VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Andy Warhol, one of the most influential people in Americ

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Lately I have had the strangest feeling With no vivid reason here to find Yet the thought of losing You's been hanging 'Round my mind Far more frequently You're wearing perfume With you say no Special place to go But when I ask will You be coming bac

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Early reports suggest Ethiopia's ruling party has won a massive victory in Sunday's parliament elections. Almost every major opposition leader appears to have been defeated. The headquarters of Ethiopia's main opposition party was like a funeral parl

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THIS IS AMERICA -July 8, 2002: The Catholic Church in America By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: Almost sixty-four-million Christians in the United States belong to the Roman Catholic Church. Sexual wrongdo

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PARIS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday reiterated his promise to reach zero deficit by 2017 via public spending cuts and growth stimulus. The path is that of achieving a balanced public finances at the end of the ma

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PARIS, May 7 (Xinhua) -- French president-elect Francois Hollande on Monday vowed to further the Sino-French exchange and cooperation in a meeting with Kong Quan, the Chinese Ambassador to France. Hollande said France recognizes China's important inf

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Steve Holcomb almost lost his chance at Olympic success to congenital eye disease, but thanks to revolutionary operation he will compete in Vancouver. David Byrd | Washington 06 January 2010 Photo: Amanda Bird Steve Holcomb, bottom center, with bobsl

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 12 January 2007 The recent resignation of the archbishop of Warsaw over his collaboration with the communist-era secret police has deeply embarrassed Poland's Roman Catholic Church. VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nes

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 14 April 2006 Pope Benedict in Good Friday procession in Rome For the first time, Pope Benedict led the traditional Way of the Cross procession in Rome's ancient Coliseum.

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alopias pelagicus vulpinus
aluminum gallium arsenide (algaas)
aniline colour
annoious
bada bing
band grinding
bastard fount
bimatron
birdseeds
capital-labor ratio
castor bean poisoning
cattle leader
centiamp
cheese-eater
classicial
Coleridge
columu
constitutional republic
contact (thermal) resistance
convgallaria
cotton wool spots
coupling integrity
cross belt drive
Cryptothelea formosicola
cylinder type germinator for grain feed
damping matrix
Deaflympians
dichloroformoxime
dieing
dread
dried ice cream mix
duplicate feeder
electric-current density
every bit as
far reaching
financial problem
foibas
fraud on a power
function of supervision
get into the swing of things
golden honey plant
gsfc (goddard space flight center)
half-greens
hand-brace
holding area
homaridaes
hook tooth sprocket gear
hypoinsulinemic
individual capacity
inflammable bas detector
insettings
isolating film
Keteleeria formosana
leading block holder
leida
membranolytic
metallocofactors
modelings
multiple segment
narrow cuts of solids
Naxas emery
net working capital ratio
pallet tier
pan fried shrimp
penetration phosphors
phone-booths
power-burst-facility
primitive accumulation
procurement of items and services
proof reading program
pylae
raskols
referent ship
rhynchobatus djiddensis
rotary presses
rotary-piston pump
Rottofreno
rushes
sagman
sarcocystosis
scapus pili
scoop for nursery planting
scot
sensitizing range
shiplap boarding
sitaxentan
skin toning lotion
spit ring
Stichaeus
Subbotniki
Talibaptists
Tayeegle
time-sharing multiplexer channel
to go off on someone
total hip replacement
two-row cotton picker
unrummaged
vane exit angle
vision function
wood-knife
xeroxes
yeade