Business leaders often have a poor opinion of politicians, preferring to find their heroes elsewherein other boardrooms or on the coaching field. 商业领导人通常对政治家的评价很低,他们宁愿在别处在其他会议室里或是在培训

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Mitch Lowe, chief executive of MoviePass (and a former Netflix executive), professes to be undaunted by the losses. MoviePass的首席执行官米奇罗威(前Netflix执行官)声称无惧损失。 He says that the most frequent cinema-goers have

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Science and technology. 科技。 Salt-tolerant rice. 耐盐大米。 Nuclear-powered crops. 核动力粮食。 Physics meets biology in a project to breed better strains of rice. 物理学与生物学的碰撞--优质大米培植。 THOSE who turn t

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Obituary;Norman Wisdom; 讣告;诺曼威斯登; Sir Norman Wisdom, comedian, died on October 4th, aged 95 英老牌喜剧演员诺曼威斯登爵士于10月4日辞世,鹤寿95。 What a chirpy little fellow that Norman was! All puppy eyes, rubber l

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These problems are far from unique to the Rohingyas. 这些问题远不是罗辛亚族人独有的。 Ellie Kemp of TWB adduces the situation in north-eastern Nigeria. 无国界译员组织的埃莉肯普举出尼日利亚东北部的情况。 For ma

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Fertility rates have fallen in countries with woeful economies, such as Greece and Italy. 在经济状况糟糕至极的国家中,如希腊和意大利,它们的生育率已经下跌。 But they have also fallen in countries that sailed through t

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Mining asteroids 小行星采矿 Going platinum 小行星采矿淘铂去 Mining metals from asteroids seems a bonkers idea. But could it work? 小行星采矿这想法听似疯狂,但行得通吗? CAN reality trump art? That was the question hove

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Business 商业 Airport privatisation 机场私有化 Runways required 跑道待增 Private investors can make airports bigger, but not big enough 私人投资者能使机场扩大,但尚不够大 Down from heaven and into arrival hell 自天堂而下

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Immigration 移民问题 Let them come 让移民来得更猛烈些吧! The West should be more welcoming to migrantstheres competition from the East for them 西方应该更加欢迎移民,不然东方就把他们竞争走了 Aug 27th 2011 | from

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Ivan Duque, a conservative who opposes parts of the peace agreement between Colombias government and the FARC guerrilla group, won the countrys presidential election. 保守派人士伊万杜凯(Ivn Duque)赢得了哥伦比亚的总统选举,他反对

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Science and Technology Avian malaria and climate change Bite the birds 科技 禽虐与气候变化 鸟类受害 Malaria among birds is becoming more prevalent 鸟类中的疟疾感染越来越多 MOSQUITOES, which carry malaria parasites, like the w

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Science and Technology The rise of the dinosaurs Pardon! 科技 恐龙的崛起 恕我直言! A geological burp may have led to the dinosaurs' domination 地质上的甲烷释放可能是恐龙称霸地球的原因 THE s, famously, went out with a ba

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Britain 英国 The Brexit Process: Lords-a-leaping 脱欧进程:贵族式跳跃 The Article 50 bill will pass, but the real debate about Brexit is yet to begin. 《里斯本条约》第五十条会被通过,但关于脱欧的真正谈判才正要开

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Selecting candidates 选择候选人 Supply-side politics 政治押宝 How the parties pick would-be MPs 政党如何挑选准国会议员 For the next two weeks all political eyes will be on Eastleigh, a suburban seat on the outskirts of Southampton

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Leaders Italian politics in turmoil 先驱 意大利政坛动荡不安 Run, Mario, run 马里奥,快跑 A rare chance of reform in Italybut its current prime minister needs to come out fighting 意大利改革,机会难得;现任总理,应挺身

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Winter strikes Chicago 暴风雪袭击芝加哥 Shovel ready 准备就绪 Mr Emanuels feeling for snow 伊曼纽尔先生对暴雪的反应 Ready, steady, snow THE city of Chicago is proud of its ability to keep going, with gritty determination, thro

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Loyalty cards and insurance 忠诚卡和保险 Every little helps 点滴皆有助益 As it pushes into finance, Tescos Clubcard gives it a competitive edge 特易购进军金融市场,会员卡制度保证其竞争优势 SOME young drivers get tank

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America's Social Security, for example, is largely pay-as-you-go. 例如,美国的社会保险制度(Social Security)就是一个大型的现收现付制度。 For this reason, its critics often compare it to a Ponzi scheme in order to discredi

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Business. 商业。 Avon in South Africa. 雅芳在南非。 Cosmetic difference. 化妆行业带来的改变。 Lipstick changes lives south of the Limpopo. 唇膏改变了南林波波省人们的生活。 FOR years Alice Mthini scraped by as a dome

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