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In June, the Oxford English Dictionary, or OED added about 1,000 words and new definitions to its website. The changes are to help users understand a mix of terms, some dating back many centuries. The additions include words such as brencheese deaths

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A new superhero has been added to Marvel Comics Champions series. Her name is Amka Aliyak. She is known as Snowguard. Amka Aliyak is an Inuit teenager from northern Canada. She comes from Pangnirtung, a town in the territory of Nunavut. Inuit is the

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Next time you find yourself grumbling about what a jerk your boss is, just think: This person could be giving you a valuable negative example. I've worked for some horrible managers and some great ones, says Steve Pogorzelski, the CEO of online-marke

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New Data Adds to Understanding of 'Black Holes'

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商界新贵英语

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男人女人都爱偷“瞄”异性

Men spend almost a year of their lives ogling women, a survey claimed. The average man will spend almost 43 minutes a day staring at 10 different women。 英国一项最新调查显示，每个男人平均每天大概有43分钟的时间在盯着10个

Italy adds new HIV infection every 3 hours

MILAN, Italy, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Italy has a new HIV infection every three hours on average, the national department of health said in a statement during the World AIDS Day commemoration Thursday. According to the statement, there were about 3,000 ne

U.S. to adds 50 million dollars to fight AIDS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday that his administration is committing an addition 50 million U.S. dollars in funding for domestic HIV/AIDS treatment and care. Obama also set a new target of helping six mi

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Give Love Wings

There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning

Facebook adds new profile feature

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Facebook on Thursday introduced Timeline, a new profile design featuring milestones of one's life on a single page. At Facebook's f8 developer conference, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg promoted the new fe

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President Barack Obama says the U.S. economy is recovering, after the nation added more jobs than expected in April. The government jobs report released Friday shows a net gain of 244,000 jobs in the United States last month, better than economists h

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