Blue

Blue is the world’s favorite color. It is also the color most often associated with intellect and authority. Most 1) uniforms are blue. In Greek and Roman 2) mythology, blue was the color of the sky

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SSS 2012-01-23

Lots of studies suggested limited quantities of alcohol, like one drink a day can benefit your cardiovascular helth. But for the tiny worm C. elegans, dilute b is a valuable f of ease. It actually doubles their lifespan, according to a study in the j

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In the kitchen the boys were sitting glumly around the table, and Paddy's chair was empty. So was Frank's. Meggie slid into her place and sat there, teeth chattering in fear. After breakfast Fee shooed them outside dourly, and behind the barn Bob bro

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People who have fall allergy and asthma problems often feel worse during late summer and early autumn months. As vacations wind down and kids go back to school, you're dealing with sneezing, wheezing, and coughing once again. Fall allergies can get i

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Everyone is familiar with calls to donate blood, sperm, stem cells, bone marrow and organs, but the opening of a new 'poo bank' in the Netherlands means it is now possible to donate your faeces. 献血、捐精、捐献干细胞、捐骨髓、器官捐

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'In the next 24 hours you will experience a typical Chinese new mother's life after delivery,' reads the letter I am handed as I arrive in a nondescript seventh-floor flat in west Shanghai. 在接下来的24小时里，你将体验到一位中国母亲

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No, I don't, said the captain, but his mother did; he was born with it. 不，我没数，那个船长说，不过，他母亲准有数；他生下来就有这个洞洞。 Oh, you solemn rogue, youyou Bunger! was there ever such another Bunger in the

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When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced 曾见过时间的毒手跋扈飞扬， The rich proud cost of outworn buried age; 抹掉前代留下的豪华与荣光； When sometime lofty towers I see down-razed 曾见过高楼俄倾成平地， And

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Yes this may be surprising, I was only 13 years old that time. But, don't know how or why it happened to me so early. I fell deeply in love with a guy, who I used to think was annoying 2 months ago. It was 1997, in Chittagong, Bang- ladesh, me and my

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