Senator John McCain arrived in Baghdad today. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has been a strong supporter of the US invasion of Iraq. About a thousand anti-war protestors marched in Hollywood yesterday to mark the 5th anniversary of

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台三月

Carping was heard from only one familiar corner. 一个熟悉的声音又在吹毛求疵了。 As the iMac garnered kudos, Bill Gates assured a gathering of financial analysts visiting Microsoft that this would be a passing fad. iMac屡获殊荣之际,

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A rescue plan to cap a blown-out well deep in the Gulf of Mexico is stalled. BP is using undersea robots to free a saw that got stuck while it was cutting through a pipe on the wellhead assembly. The goal is to at least contain the oil spill. With an

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Egypt's Pro-Military Media Decried, Defended CAIRO Egypt's media have moved, almost as one, to back the military-led government. While press freedom groups have condemned the stifling of a free media, some defend the one-sided coverage as key to Egyp

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After months of partisan gridlock, both houses of the U.S. Congress have approved a bill to raise the federal borrowing limit and cut government spending. Tuesdays 74 - 26 Senate vote came one day after the bill passed in the House of Representatives

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Two of today's digital giants provide a useful guide to Uber's position and plans. 当下,两大科技巨头可以在市场定位和发展计划方面为优步提供借鉴之处。 Its executives never have Amazon far from their minds as they plot

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