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经济危机中因祸得福的十大赢家(上)
If there are silver linings to the recession, they're not immediately apparent. After all, the national unemployment rate is 8.1 percent, the highest since 1983, and economists predict it will reach
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《西雅图邮报》停印 转为纯电子版
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which has chronicled the news of the city since logs slid down its steep streets to the harbor and miners caroused in its bars before heading north to Alaska's gold fi
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欧盟禁止使用"小姐" "夫人"称呼女性
The European Parliament has banned the terms 'Miss' and 'Mrs' in case they offend female MEPs.The politically correct rules also mean a ban on Continental titles, such as Madame and Mademoiselle,
双语新闻2009-03-18 -
日本新型女机器人会走catwalk
A new walking, talking robot from Japan has a female face that can smile and has trimmed down to 43 kilograms (95 pounds) to make a debut at a fashion show. But it still hasn't cleared safety standar
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发现:人过了27岁就开始变笨?
Researchers have found that peoples' mental abilities peak at 22 before beginning to deteriorate just five years later.Professor Timothy Salthouse said the results suggested that therapies designed t
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费德勒将为人父 称非常兴奋
Roger Federer is delighted to be welcoming his first child while still in the prime of his tennis career, the Swiss star said on Saturday."I always had the dream that if I have a child I hope I have i
双语新闻2009-03-17 -
跑鞋真能让人跑得更快?
Australian researchers said Thursday they had found no scientific proof that hi-tech running shoes improve athletic performance or limit injury.Newcastle University physiologist Craig Richards said th
双语新闻2009-03-16 -
伊拉克砸鞋记者被判三年监禁
The Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at then-President George W. Bush responded defiantly Thursday when a court convicted him of assaulting a foreign leader and sentenced him to three years in prison,
双语新闻2009-03-14 -
英首相布朗获评最烦人演讲者
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is Britain's most boring speaker, ahead of footballer David Beckham and actress Kate Winslet, according to a poll published Wednesday.Brown's cerebral style placed him ah
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福布斯公布富豪榜 盖茨重登榜首
US tycoons are back on top with Microsoft founder Bill Gates again the world's richest man in a year when even billionaires felt the heat of the global recession, Forbes magazine said Wednesday.The w
双语新闻2009-03-13 -
孩子的智商跟父亲的年龄有关?
Children fathered by older men are likely to be less intelligent than the offspring of younger dads, Australian and US scientists have found in a report published yesterday.The surprise result contras
双语新闻2009-03-12 -
经济危机 美国公务员成抢手职位
As the economic downturn forces corporations and small businesses to shed jobs, one large employer still has the 'help wanted' sign out: the U.S. government.Experts say the federal government's civ
双语新闻2009-03-12 -
涂鸦可以帮助提高记忆力?
涂鸦”的说法来自唐代卢仝《示添丁》中的诗句“忽来案上翻墨汁,涂抹诗书如老鸦”。古人写字用墨汁,写出来的东西自然也是与乌鸦的颜色一样。卢仝说自己的作品“如老鸦”,既生动又风趣。涂鸦除了可以宣泄情感,甚至
双语新闻2009-03-11 -
芭比新娘进军日本成年人市场
Barbie is having a hard time winning the hearts of Japanese children, so she's trying to charm grown-ups instead with a bridal collection full of bows, ruffles and gowns embroidered with the doll's
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印度某市将建变性人厕所
Pre and post-operative transsexuals in the southern Indian city of Chennai are to get their own public toilets in an effort to boost recognition of the community, a report said yesterday.Three toilets
双语新闻2009-03-11 -
希拉里赠俄外长礼物 拼错单词闹笑话
Russian media has been poking fun at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she gave her Russian counterpart a "reset" button with an ironic misspelling.Clinton's “reset” gift to Russian Forei
双语新闻2009-03-10 -
英查尔斯王储老情书网上拍卖
Six love letters written by a young Prince Charles to a woman in Canada three decades ago have been put up for sale on Internet auction site eBay, the seller told reporters Friday.Alicia Carroll, who
双语新闻2009-03-09 -
奥巴马头发也染色了?
As presidential cover-ups go, it may be splitting hairs.But the idea that Barack Obama may be dyeing his greys has taken the American media by storm.Prime Minister Gordon Brown's historic speech to t
双语新闻2009-03-09 -
查尔斯王储获评"穿着最讲究男士"
Prince Charles has beaten off competition from US President Barack Obama to be named the world's best dressed man by Esquire magazine."He is perfectly turned out in a double-breasted suit. Admirably,
双语新闻2009-03-07 -
孩子更喜欢用蔬菜起名
In a new study, 186 four-year-olds were given regular carrots and, on other lunch days, they were given the same vegetables renamed X-ray Vision Carrots. On the latter days, they ate nearly twice as m
双语新闻2009-03-07 -
英国大学开设披头士硕士学位课程
A university has launched what it says is the first Master of Arts (MA) degree course on the Beatles, to study their impact on popular music and society.Students taking the postgraduate course at Live
双语新闻2009-03-06 -
德国年轻人为了网络不惜放弃其他
German 20-somethings would ditch their spouses and do without a car in a heartbeat if they had to choose between having them or Internet access or a mobile phone, according to an industry study.In a s
双语新闻2009-03-05 -
“世界最好工作”公布初选名单
A shortlist of 50 candidates from 22 countries has been selected for "the best job in the world" - being well paid to spend six months on a tropical Australian island, organizers said yesterday.Rangin
双语新闻2009-03-05 -
婚姻保鲜有秘诀 每天说一次“我爱你”
The secret to a long-lasting marriage is a two-year age gap, four kisses a day and sex three times a week, according to a survey.Sharing two hobbies, having three cuddles every 24 hours, saying at lea
双语新闻2009-03-04 -
报道:瑞典的手机使用率高于美国
The United States is falling behind other advanced economies in its use of - and access to - telephone and Internet technology, according to a UN report published yesterday.The US slipped six places t
双语新闻2009-03-04
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