The 8,000 volunteers who will welcome international visitors to London 2012 have been issued with a 66-page instruction manual, covering everything from foreign etiquette to uniform care and advice on dealing with journalists. But what of the visitor

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One Door at a Time When my husband, John, and I had our first child 20 years ago, we agreed I’d be a stay at home mom. That meant we’d have to make do on a single income. We scrimped 1 and saved s

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I'm a movie star, I'm 51 years of age, and I don't use Botox as yet. 我是一位电影明星,今年51岁了。但我还不到要打肉毒杆菌的地步。 So I'm clean, but I do behave like you saw like a 21-year-old in my movies. Yeah, I do that

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Business: Cigarette companies: Plucky strike 商业:烟草公司:勇敢的罢工 A merger is the latest sign of Big Tobaccos resilience. 一场象征大烟草复苏的兼并。 British American Tobacco (BAT) announced on January 17th a final deal

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As I was walking back to my house from the mail box the other day, I looked at our entryway and realised that it looked like a junk yard. There were about four, old, plastic vehicles that our children don't use anymore, just sitting on the driveway l

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Air safety 飞行安全 Pressing on 高压 A spate of accidents will not put Asians off air travel 事故连绵不绝,但不会阻止亚洲人乘坐飞机 ON DECEMBER 30th Indonesian officials said they had discovered debris and bodies from AirAsia

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