Hundreds of thousands remain powerless as states from the Midweat to East Coast are struggling to recover from a crippling(极有害的;有严重后果的) ice storm. ...
A Night of Celebration A backstage look as the first family celebrates a day to remeber. ...
Helen Taft's 1909 inaugural ball gown is part of the 'First Ladies at the Smithsonian' exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington on Dec. 19, 2008. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacquel...
NEW YORK – A cool-headed(头脑冷静的, 沉着的) pilot maneuvered(操纵) his crippled jetliner over New York City and ditched(作水上迫降) it in the frigid(寒冷的) Hudson River on Thursday, and all 155 on board were pulled to safety as the plane s...
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Thursday night calling for an immediate and durable(持久的) cease-fire between Hamas militants and Israeli forces in Gaza. The U.S. abstained(弃权) from the 14-0 vote. Israel and ...
'The downturn has been catastrophic,' according to one retail analyst updated 6:40 p.m. ET Dec. 29, 2008 NEW YORK - The fallout from the horrific holiday season for retailers has begun, with the operator of an online toy seller f...
丰田召回汽车，这个消息对于丰田来说实在是雪上加霜啊。 BEIJING – Toyota (丰田汽车)Motor Corp. has issued a recall(召回) for more than 120,000 cars in China to fix a problem that could result in loss of steering control (转向控制), China's quality...
道琼斯指数跌了，黄金跌了，石油跌了。这个圣诞节不太平。 Dow falls for 5th straight session (一段时间)on grim (严酷的)data Tuesday December 23, 5:41 pm ET By Madlen Read, AP Business Writer Wall Street declines as investors sift through more data ...
Wall St falls on corporate outlook, retail worries By Leah Schnurr Leah Schnurr Mon Dec 22, 4:37 pm ET NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks slid on Monday on more evidence the year-long recession (消退) will keep eating into corporate profits...
Most people dream of owning their own island, a piece of tranquil (安静的)heaven to truly call their own. For the majority of people however, this will always remain just that: a dream. On the flipside (事物较不重要的方面), there is a definite islan...
Photo by Wolfgang Staudt In the previous post of this waterfall series, I wrote a list of the 5 tallest waterfalls in the world. I bet some of you were surprised not to hear more famous waterfalls or to see that the ‘big boys’ are not t...
Researchers have long studied ties between poverty and educational achievement, but they're only now beginning to study how poverty affects not only IQ, but brain function and behavior, says University of Pennsylvania neuroscientist Martha Farah. Am...
One of the best entertainment media is the silver screen. It has been around for over a century now and still remains to be one of the best sources of interacting with the fantasy world in the most realistic manner. Considering the high-tech tech...
Britney Spears: No Longer A Girl, Finally A Woman? On the eve of her 27th birthday, Britney aims to put the tabloid past behind her in a new MTV documentary. Britney Spears: For The Record Comes to MTV Her MTV documentary aims to put the ...
Shoppers wait outside a BestBuy store to open at 5 a.m. in Los Angeles, California, a day after Thanksgiving. US shoppers snapped up bargain basement deals on so-called Black Friday as desperate retailers attempted to claw their way out...
Our copier (复印机) was on the fritz (发生故障) so I put a note on it: \\\\\\\"Service has been called.\\\\\\\" When the technician told me he had to order parts, I added a second note: \\\\\\\"Parts have been ordered.\\\\\\\" During the next five days, when we h...
Finally, after years of testing business software, I landed (【非正式用语】 获得；获取)my dream job -- trying out computer games. My first day at work I was listing various ideas in a spreadsheet (电子表格) program when my manager walked by. He look...
By Melanie Wright, sundaymirror.co.uk 23/11/2008 Q My investment bond can be \\\\\\\"assigned\\\\\\\". What does this mean? A it means you can give some or all of your bond to someone else without incurring payment charges. And the person who receive...
Photo Gallery A Voyage Long and Strange Rediscovering The New York Click the arrows to browse photos. You can figure out the meaning of the unknown words from the photos. You can also refer to the following explanations....
Photo Gallery A Voyage Long and Strange Rediscovering The New York ...