To the Top Fidel Ramos As a young boy, Ramos watched his congressman-father chop wood and plant vegetables to feed his family. Once prominent in the northern province, the Ramos Ⅱ.Although he was too young for military service the war touched Ramos when h...

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President Putin dresses up to play war games Russian President Vladimir Putin sits inside the Tupolev-160 strategic bomber jet at the Moscow's Chkalovsky military airport (AFP) President Vladimir Putin donned navy uniform to watch a missile launch at sea ...

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Madeleine Albright Barbara Walters: With all the different 1)challenges facing you, if you could 2)accomplish ONE thing as Secretary of State, what would you like it to be? Albright: Well, it would be, 3)frankly, is to have the American people understand ...

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Bringing Back Honor When Ensign Andrew Lee Muns suddenly vanished nearly 34 years ago, the U.S. Navy branded him a deserter and a thief. It was 1968; the U.S. was waging an increasingly unpopular war in Vietnam and sailors went missing all the time. Muns ...

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Late Chinese pop star Anita Mui mourned The portrait of Canto-pop diva and actress Anita Mui is seen inside a funeral house in Hong Kong, in this file photo released by Anita Mui Funeral committee Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004. (AP) About 7,000 fans of Chinese po...

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GIFT FOR MUSIC LEONARD BERNSTEIN In 1986, Leonard Bernstein said, God knows, I should be dead by now. I smoke, I drink, I stay up all night I was diagnosed as having emphysema in my mid-20s. I was told that if II didnt stop smoking, Id be dead at 35. Well...

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FREUDS DISCOVERY In April 1884 Freud read of a German army doctor who had successfully employed cocaine as a means of increasing the energy and endurance of soldiers. He determined to obtain some for himself and try it as a treatment for other conditionsh...

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(据说这是篮球明星迈克乔丹与电影明星爱迪默菲在赌场的真实经历) 大西洋赌城的一个周末，一个老太太玩老虎机赢了一桶25分的硬币。她决定休息一会，和丈夫到酒店餐厅共进晚餐。进餐厅前，老太太要将这一桶硬币放到酒店房间里。 我马上就回来，然后咱们一起用餐。老太太边对丈夫说，边捧着这桶硬币走到...

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At just 24 years old, Yao Ming is already one of the most popular and respected players in the NBA. But Yao's road to professional basketball wasn't clear-cut until just a few years before he joined the league. In this excerpt from his new book, Yao: A Li...

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The Firm Helen Keller 英汉对照 In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce she nearly died. She survived but the fever left its mark - she could no longer see or hear. Because she could not hear she also found it very difficult to speak. So how did ...

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