Crackdowns by the authoritarian government have caused many to abandon dissident politics. But despair has led some to consider more radical methods
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Newly available data suggests that China is the world's second-biggest arms producer, behind the United States and ahead of Russia, a leading conflict and armaments think-tank said on Monday.
The recent adjustment of the clock indicated an optimistic attitude in light of recent progress in the fight to reduce the world's nuclear armament, and to limit climate-changing gas emissions that have been wreaking havoc on our planet.
The French like to think of themselves as a miserable lot. Could a more optimistic approach at the top change that?
The recent adjustment of the clock indicated an optimistic attitude in light of recent progress in the fight to reduce the world's nuclear armament, and to limit climate-changing gas emissions that have been wreaking havoc on our planet.
The French like to think of themselves as a miserable lot. Could a more optimistic approach at the top change that?
British air ace Eric 'Winkle' Brown recalls his time with Luftwaffe pilots in 1930s Germany, and hearing Hitler's oratory powers.
German Re-Armament, Witness - BBC World Service
In the 1930s Hitler began to rebuild Germany's air force.
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李慕臻 Sycamore trees (拍攝於南法），據說是拿破侖的最愛。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_pseudoplatanus
Low interest rates have been a mixed blessing for equities
Buttonwood Busily going nowhere
By The Economist- The Buttonwood Agreement, named for the sycamore tree, created the organization which became the New York Stock Exchange.
- "Buttonwood" is a column in The Economist named for that agreement.
to intentionally put yourself in a dangerous, risky or difficult situation:
Like a lot of young men, he flirts with danger.
flirt with sth
(CONSIDER)
morosité
Definition of
sycamore in English:
NOUN
1A large Eurasian maple with winged fruits, native to central and southern Europe. It is planted as a fast-growing ornamental but tends to displace nativetrees.
- Acer pseudoplatanus, family Aceraceae
2 North American The buttonwood tree.
- Ficus sycomorus, family Moraceae
Origin
Middle English: from Old French sic(h)amor, via Latinfrom Greek sukomoros, from sukon 'fig' + moron'mulberry'.
n. - 小無花果樹, 楓樹的一種
idioms:
- sycamore tree 西克莫無花果, 懸鈴木美國梧桐
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