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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is cement versus concrete. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Accuracy is important. You might think concrete and cement are interchangeable, but you'll quickly find that you're mistaken when some guy at Home Depot rolls h

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This is Whats Trending Today Elon Musk - head of electric carmaker Tesla and aerospace company SpaceX - is known for using creative methods to raise money for his businesses. He has successfully gotten tens of thousands of interested buyers to place

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VOA标准英语2013--Volunteers Help Revive LA's Concrete River

Volunteers Help Revive LA's Concrete River Thousands of volunteers turned out on a recent weekend to remove the trash that has been deposited by winter rain storms. The Los Angeles River was lined with concrete in the late 1930s and 1940s, after year

Technique May Eliminate Drill-and-Fill Dental Care

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The bar owner was upset. His best customer was in the hospital. He had a head injury. What happened? the owners wife asked. He said, He drank too much. When he went outside, he fell down. His head hit the sidewalk. Now he's in the hospital. This isn'

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Military experts in China are warning against Japan's latest drill apparently aimed at recapturing lost islands. Military expert Yin Zhuo says the drill could be preparation for future operations on the Diaoyu islands. According to Japanese media rep

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