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Were nice to our families. From an evolutionary perspective, that makes sense. But what makes us deal fairly with strangers? One theory holds that the development of large societies necessitated the creation of fairness, through institutions such as

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Denise: On the contrary, I don't agree at all with people who say graphology is all nonsense. I think that at last it is beginning to be taken seriously as a proper science and not as some kind of fai

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28. Thus, in his view, diverse aspects of culture, such as the structure of families, forms of marriage, categories of kinship, ownership of property, forms of government, technology, and systems of food production, all changed as societies evolved. 【

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26. The key to reforming higher education, concludes Mr. Menand, is to alter the way in which the producers of knowledge are produced. 【分析】复合句。句子主干为 The key...is to alter the way...。concludes Mr. Menand 是插入语。第一

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Aging in European Countries We have to realise how old, how very old, we are. Nations are classified as

英语音频杂志：冰淇淋和银行业

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Callum: Hello and welcome to the eighth programme in our series Who on Earth are we. In the last programme Marc Beeby began an investigation into the differences between cultures where the individual is seen as central individualist cultures and tho

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[00:00.45]Another concern is that as medical expenses [00:03.57]increase with age, [00:05.16]the demands of the growing aged population [00:08.05]will eventually cause medical schemes [00:10.33]to face bankruptcy. [00:12.90]Experts insist that steps

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Global financier George Soros will give $100 million to Human Rights Watch. U.S. financier George Soros has made a $100-million matching grant to Human Rights Watch through his New York-based Open Society Foundations. The global recession has taken a

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Some abilities, of course, decrease with age. 当然，一些能力会随着年龄的增长而变差。 Those include abilities at tasks 这些包括完成 requiring physical strength and stamina, 需要体力和耐力， ambition, and the power of n

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Now, as a policy matter -- I'm almost done -- as a policy matter, the thing to think about is this: 我快说完了。现在说说一个政策问题，我们该想想的一个政策问题是， what enables all of this choice in industrial societies

经济学人166:传统社会 不绕弯子

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调查：癌症纯属现代人为制造吗？

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