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Lucy likes to finish it off, meaning she likes to finish doing her hair, with a little hairspray. 露西喜欢最后喷一点头发定型剂，意思是她打理头发的最后步骤。 Hairspray, hairspray, (one word) is liquid that you put on a lar

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Launching an Initial Public Offering Zoe: What are you looking at? Midas: Its the prospectus for Boogles IPO. I wish I could get in on the initial public offering, but since I cant, Ill buy stock as soon as the company becomes publicly traded. Zoe: I

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua)-- The U.S. Federal Reserve would lean more close toward new stimulus actions unless incoming information signifies a substantial strengthening in the economic recovery, the central bank's policy meeting minutes showed on

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WASHINGTON, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose sharply after hitting a record low since mid-May in the previous week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. The figure for seasonal

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Linda Lajterman suffered one of the worst experiences of her life while on a cruise with her husband and two other couples. Halfway through the trip, one of her friends stopped talking to her -- for good. 琳达?拉哲特曼(Linda Lajterman)在与丈夫

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He was riding the LIRR to Oyster Bay. He saw beautiful scenery everywhere. But he also saw graffiti everywhere. There must be a way to stop graffiti, he thought. He did some research. He developed a design for a graffiti-buster. He presented it to a

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No textbook can prepare you for being in charge of people for the first time. All the plans you made in the glow of promotion to manager collapse in those early days with the realisation that people do not always do what you tell them to do. 没有哪本

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A new scientific research report has found strong evidence suggesting that man's best friend originated from China some 33,000 years ago. 一项最新的科学研究发现了有力证据，证明人类最好的朋友狗，起源于大约3.3万年前的

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Its been a long time since Ive seen my friends Steve and Liz, and I thought this would be a good weekend to drive up to Santa Barbara to see them. Gas prices have been through the roof, but I decided to take the short road trip anyway. Before getting

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India remains non-committal on supporting French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde for the top job at the International Monetary Fund. Lagarde visited the Indian capital during a campaign（运动活动） to counter opposition from emerging nations