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Making Choices Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience. Today I would like to begin with my personal experience. Before getting enrolled in college, I had been 1)bombarded wit

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Some call it the hormone of love. Its oxytocin and it helps moms bond with and breast-feed their babies, and even keeps romantic couples content. Now a study suggests that this same hormone might also help people with autismby improving their social

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Topic1 Chinese firms face trust deficitAn international survey has found that Chinese companies are consistently less trusted than companies headquartered in the developed nations. The trust deficit is now a major hurdle for the growing number of Chi

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Around the world, many people start their day with a cup of coffee, a cappuccino, or an espresso. At the same time, there are many people with various thyroid conditions who rely on synthetic thyroid hormone replacement medication like levothyroxine

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I want you to imagine two couples 我希望大家设想一下，两对夫妇 in the middle of 1979 在1979年的年中 on the exact same day, at the exact same moment, 在相同的一天，相同的时刻 each conceiving a baby -- okay? 每对怀上了

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Topic 1-The Last Downer: China and the End of Down Syndrome New screenings that can predict if an unborn baby has Down syndrome have sparked wide debate across the world - mostly because their results often lead to parents choosing for abortion. As C

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