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Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around─decisively─the British economy in the 1980s, she also saw her methods copied in more than 50 countries. 'Thatcherism' was the most popular and successful way 阅读全文
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Concerns about a deadly new strain of bird flu intensified last week as the disease claimed a sixth life in eastern China and agricultural authorities in Shanghai ordered a wide-scale slaughter of poultry in an effort to stem its spread.Avian-Flu：禽流感 intensify：增强，加剧 slaughter：屠杀，宰杀The U.S. C... 阅读全文
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Supreme Court justices appeared divided Tuesday during historic arguments over the fate of gay marriage in California, at times almost regretful they took the case and at others splitting neatly into well-worn ideological camps.Justice Anthony Kennedy, seen holding a key vote, wrote both of the cour 阅读全文
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Why are children so, well, so helpless? Why did I spend a recent Sunday morning putting blueberry pancake bits on my 1-year-old grandson's fork and then picking them up again off the floor? And why are toddlers most helpless when they're trying to be helpful? Augie's vigorous efforts to 阅读全文
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We are on the precipice of the greatest retirement crisis in the history of the world. In the decades to come, we will witness millions of elderly Americans, the Baby Boomers and others, slipping into poverty. Too frail to work, too poor to retire will become the “new normal” for many elderly Americ 阅读全文
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What can be said about Apple Inc.'s upcoming iPhones?upcoming：即将来临的What we do know is that the company's suppliers in Asia are working simultaneously on two models. One is a higher-end design with a metal shell, the other a lower-performance one with non-metal shells in multiple colors, whic 阅读全文
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LIFE AS A 'WEALTH STRATEGIST' can seem pretty comfortable these days. Tom Rogerson, for one, makes a nice living, working half the month from his Boston-area home office.The other half, the senior Wilmington Trust executive might find himself hopscotching between exclusive zip codes, meeting 阅读全文
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After a decade shooting news stories in China for National Geographic, CNN and CBS News, American cameraman and director Nathan Mauger decided to find out how people in contemporary China view love and marriage, the topic of his documentary, 'The People's Republic of Love.'contemporary：当 阅读全文
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In the future, your smartphone won't auto-correct your errors. It will correct them before they're even made.It will know you really meant to hit the 'K' key on your screen when you hit the 'L' key. Maybe even one day, there won't be a traditional keyboard at all, if some 阅读全文
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Ursula Burns, who started as an intern at Xerox Corp., eventually rose through the ranks to become the first African-American female CEO of a Fortune 500 company.During a talk at Catalyst's annual awards conference on Tuesday, the 54-year-old CEO recounted how her mother, who raised Burns in New 阅读全文