British Angle of the Beach named Child of the Year Tilly Smith, 10, of Britain, who is credited with saving 100 lives by alerting people of coming waves during the 2004 tsunami smiles during the first anniversary of the Asian disaster in Phuket, southern ...

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The Rush Hour Of Jackie Chan A hero is being hung down from a helicopter some 200 feet above. As the sun bets down, he swings about. Suddenly, a top needle of a skyscraper is pressing toward him. He fails to dodge and bumps heavily on the concrete needle....

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9-Year-Old Politician 白宫的神奇小子诺亚受到布什重用 The battle over Social Security has been joined by an unusual lobbyist, a 9-year-old boy from Texas (George Bushs hometown), who has agreed to travel around supporting President Bushs proposal. The boy, Noah McCulloug...

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Jef Raskin: He Thought Different 摘要： 美国苹果Macintosh计算机发明人杰夫拉斯金2月26日因病在家中去世，享年61岁。提起苹果公司的大名，或许大家都会将目光集中在公司现任CEO斯蒂夫乔布斯的身上，然而又有谁清楚苹果今天辉煌业绩的真正缔造者杰夫拉斯金先生的名字呢？ Until his Feb. 26 death a...

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2006中国新首富：造纸女王张茵 China's Richest Woman: From Waste to Wealth 背景资料： 10月11日，《观澜湖2006胡润百富榜》在上海揭晓，相关内容刊登在《胡润百富》杂志上。 49岁的张茵拥有财富270亿元，成为中国第一位女首富，也是世界上最富有的女白手起家者。 今年49岁的张茵，出身于军人家庭，...

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Boy's Heartsongs Mattie Stepanek is wheeling around his living room like any 11-year-old boy on an electric scooter. But Mattie's scooter is his life station - an electric wheelchair. He suffers from a rare form of muscular dystrophy, a ventilator supplyi...

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Ronald Reagan Interviewer: What is your best memory of your father? Ron: I dont know that theres a 1)specific best memory of my father. I think what has always 2)impressed me the most about my father, as well as in a way being troubling about him, is that...

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Born: 13 March 1764 in Falloden, Northumberland First entered Parliament: 6 July 1786 Age he became PM: 66 years, 254 days Maiden speech: 21 February 1787 speaking against the Free Trade Treaty recently negotiated with the French Total time as PM: Three y...

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The God in Youth: Michael Jordan There were already signs that he had a good deal of talent. Harvest Smith, a classmate and close friend who in those days played basketball with him practically every day, thought he was the best player on their ninth-grad...

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Napoleon's will and memoirs sold Napoleon wrote his memoirs shortly before his death in 1821 The memoirs of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and a draft copy of his unpublished will have been sold in Paris for more than 300,000 euros. The 84-page memoir ...

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