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Imagine you are a college student at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California. You walk into your philosophy class on the first day of the new term only to find a robot looking you right in the eye. This robot is no huge piece of equipme

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Japan to Enforce Exclusion Zone Near Nuclear Plant

Japanese officials have decided to legally enforce an exclusion zone within 20 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant starting at midnight Thursday. Japan's Kyodo news agency reports that Prime Minister Naoto Kan will announce the new res

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今天要学的一个词组是：double standard。 Double standard是指双重标准。美国连锁商店沃尔马允许在中国的分店组织工会，却不允许在美国的商店组织工会。媒体报导的标题说：Critics claim double sta

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