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- Cy Young Award in AL given to Colon
- Bartolo Colon won the American League Cy Young Award on Tuesday in a surprisingly one-sided vote， becoming the first Los Angeles Angels pitcher in 41 years to take home the honor. Colon， who...
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- Wigs of hemp donned 2,000 years back
- Ages before periwigs were fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries, Chinese 2,000 years ago may have worn such hairpieces made of hemp.
Archeologists said Chinese might have adorned themselv...
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- Climate catastrophe threatens Africa
- Deadly epidemics， ruined crops and the extinction of some of Africa's legendary wildlife are some of the potential consequences of global warming for Africa， yet its nations are among the least...
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- Purchases boost Q3 earnings
- Henkel KGaA， the maker of Purex detergent and Dial soap， said third-quarter profit rose 7.7 percent as acquisitions fueled growth in the United States. Net income increased to 195 million eur...
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- Hornets soar on new home debut
- The New Orleans Hornets felt right at home in Oklahoma City， and the San Antonio Spurs picked up where they left off last season. Opening night in the National Basketball Association on Tuesday...
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- Man sentenced for fake bomb threats
- A man who fabricated a terrorist threat against the Oriental Pearl TV Tower was sentenced to eight months in prison yesterday. The Pudong New Area People's Court yesterday sentenced He Wanr...
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- Real eases pressure on coach
- Robinho and substitute Alvaro Mejia scored on Saturday and Real Madrid downed Real Betis 2-0 to move atop the Spanish league. Real's victory at Manuel Ruiz de Lopera stadium in Seville ease...
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- Civil rights icon Parks laid to rest
- Hundreds of people slowly filed past the body of US civil rights icon Rosa Parks in Montgomery， Alabama， just kilometers from the downtown street where she made history by refusing to give up he...
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- Controversy stuns Taser net
- The safety controversy surrounding Taser International Inc's stun guns has hurt the company's profit， which fell more than 90 percent in the first three quarters of 2005. The Scottsdale-base...
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- Osasuna goes top as Real falters
- Substitute Achille Webo scored the winner in injury time on Wednesday and Osasuna edged Atletic Bilbao 3-2 to move atop the Spanish league. The Cameroon striker sent a rising shot past Dani...
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- 瓦爾登湖：經濟篇4
- When we consider what， to use the words of the catechism， is the chief end of man， and what are the true necessaries and means of life， it appears as if men had deliberately chosen the common mode...
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- 瓦爾登湖：經濟篇5
- We might try our lives by a thousand simple tests； as， for instance， that the same sun which ripens my beans illumines at once a system of earths like ours. If I had remembered this it would hav...
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- 瓦爾登湖：經濟篇6
- Let us consider for a moment what most of the trouble and anxiety which I have referred to is about， and how much it is necessary that we be troubled， or at least careful. It would be some adva...
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- 瓦爾登湖：經濟篇7
- Most of the luxuries， and many of the so-called comforts of life， are not only not indispensable， but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts， the w...
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- 瓦爾登湖：經濟篇8
- If I should attempt to tell how I have desired to spend my life in years past， it would probably surprise those of my readers who are somewhat acquainted with its actual history； it would certai...
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- 瓦爾登湖：經濟篇9
- For a long time I was reporter to a journal， of no very wide circulation， whose editor has never yet seen fit to print the bulk of my contributions， and， as is too common with writers， I got only m...
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- 瓦爾登湖：經濟篇10
- Finding that my fellow-citizens were not likely to offer me any room in the court house， or any curacy or living anywhere else， but I must shift for myself， I turned my face more exclusively than...
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- 瓦爾登湖：經濟篇11
- A man who has at length found something to do will not need to get a new suit to do it in； for him the old will do， that has lain dusty in the garret for an indeterminate period. Old shoes will...
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- Cohesion-tension Theory
- Atmospheric pressure can support a column of water up to 10 meters high. But plants can move water much higher； the sequoia tree can pump water to its very top more than 100 meters above the gr...
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- American black bears
- American black bears appear in a variety of colors despite their name. In the eastern part of their range, most of these brown, red, or even yellow coats. To the north, the black bear is actua...
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- Coal-fired power plants
- The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seeme...
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- Statistics
- There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of government units （states and...
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- Obtaining Fresh water from icebergs
- The concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs that are towed to populated areas and arid regions of the world was once treated as a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But n...
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- The source of Energy
- A summary of the physical and chemical nature of life must begin, not on the Earth, but in the Sun； in fact, at the Sun's very center. It is here that is to be found the source of the energy th...
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- Vision by
- Human vision like that of other primates has evolved in an arboreal environment. In the dense complex world of a tropical forest, it is more important to see well that to develop an acute sens...
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