A new twist in the Air Force's 10-year effort to build an aerial refueling tanker may bring a bid from a Russian state-owned aerospace company for the $35 billion tanker contract, according to the company's U.S. attorney.The company, United Aircraft Corpo...
Civil rights icon and veteran Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, said anti-health care bill protesters Saturday repeatedly yelled the "N" word at him as he left a heath care meeting and walked to the Capitol."I haven't seen heard anything like thi...
I am flyingI looked at the sky a daze, like you want to have a pair of angel wings, white, you can fly the blue sky, but I still have to comply with the illusion of reality, fantasy is of no use, I dream a dream when I put on white princess dress, long wh...
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The authors of the American Declaration proclaimed happiness to be one of the essential rights that make life worth living. William James, the first American psychologist, echoed this emphasis on ha...
What You Dtdn t Know about Money and Happiness ver the past 15 years,researchers have studied the connection between money and happiness. Their findings shatter many misconceptions. Here are five of the most surprising results. 1. Everyone needs a few lu...
Problems Created by the opulatton Explosion This sudden increase in the population of the developing countries has come at a difficult time. Even if their population had not grown so fast they would have been facing a desperate struggle to bring the stan...
Tens of thousands of protesters poured into the center of Bangkok on Sunday, bringing the city to a virtual standstill in an effort to topple the Thailand government.The anti-government demonstrations began Friday and were expected to reach their peak ove...
cloning of whole--being may destroy the diversity of people of the globe. Of course, there still remains much more disadvantages of the application of cloning reproduction of human being and animals. We should be extremely cautious of what we do and thus...
Burning Rubbish Is Harmful to People A few days ago, I went to the railway station to see my friend off. On the way I saw street leaners burning garbage. I know they were trying to get rid of rubbish in a way they thought was“Taking a shortcut.” I don’...
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic On Water Shortage. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:1. 水资源短缺已成为严重问题2. 造成水资源短缺的原因3. 提出解...
A Mexican journalist kidnapped in 2007 was cut into pieces and burned in a barrel, the Tabasco state attorney general's office said.The determination of reporter Rodolfo Rincon Taracena's fate was based on confessions from people suspected of abducting hi...
True friends always come to you when their help is in need.They try their best to help you without thinking what they can get from it. This invariably wins them love and respect from otbers, for they devote themselves to the happiness of others. Up to th...
because of a lack of mutual trust. If you have prejudice (偏见) against someone, whatever he says may sound iii intentioned to you. Having gone so far in the exploration of the causes of misunderstanding, we can easily arrive at the ways to avoid them. Fi...
Our Taiwan Taiwan is part of our country. It is the largest island in China. It has an area of about 36,000 square kilometers and a population of over 20 million. It is separated from the mainland by the Taiwan Strait. On the island the climate is mild an...
Water Water is essential to living things. For instance, if there is no enough water in a human body, a person may feel uncomfortable or get sick easily. To make matters worse, one may die of thirst. Similarly, plants may wither or die for lack of water....
Water Water is essential to living things. For instance, if there is no enough water in a human body, a person may feel uncomfortable or get sick easily. To make matters worse, one may die of thirst. Similarly, plants may wither or die for lack of water....
Some ten years ago,the clothes the Chinese people wore were simple and monotonous.Men used to wear blue and gray tunics and trousers,and women used to wear blue or black blouses and skirts.When you were in some public places,you seemed to be in a forest...
A Dream A dream is to a man what wings are to a bird. With a dream in the deep heart's core, a man is spontaneously driven to hitch his wagon to a star. A dream is an inexhaustible source of energy that keeps our enthusiasm burning, and kindles our desire...