This highly unpopular tax, which was known colloquially as the Poll Tax, was firmly rejected by the British populace and initiated Thatcher's political demise.
The Hunley's demise has baffled scores of researchers and Civil War buffs for more than a century.
Ho Chi Minh City: Stand-up comedy is sweeping Vietnam’s largest city, often called Saigon, with local comics and international ones alike braving open mic nights and creating a new tradition.
地方及國際笑匠都大膽在夜間用麥克風開講，開創越南單口說笑之新傳統。
Lincoln Center to End Its Namesake Summer Festival
By MICHAEL COOPER
Jane Moss, who revived the center's Mostly Mozart festival, will take control of all summer programming with the demise of the Lincoln Center Festival.
North Korea warns against UN sanctions over rocket launch
North Korea has warned that any UN sanctions as a result of its upcoming satellite launch would be viewed as "a hostile action", and would cause the breakdown of the six nation nuclear disarmament talks. The US, South Korea and Japan suspect that the long range rocket on North Korea's East Coast launch pad is not a commercial satellite, but rather a disguised missile test. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned of consequences if Pyongyang went ahead with its plan to fire a missile. The rocket is believed to be a long-range Taepo-dong 2. North Korea has given international agencies notice of the rocket's planned trajectory, which would take it over Japan. Analysts said the notice was given to help the North argue the rocket launch does not violate UN sanctions put in place after it test-launched a series of missiles in 2006.
One Market Where Lehman's, Merrill's Value Is Up
It's fast becoming a Wall Street tradition: First comes the demise of a major financial institution, then comes eBay.
(By Jordan Weissmann, The Washington Post)
All week, however, we’ve been having a long-running and complicated transfer of the first lady mantle from Hillary Clinton to Michelle Obama. “No one has been more gracious and more forthcoming and more helpful to me,” Michelle said at a joint appearance with Hillary on Tuesday.
The FCC has so far failed to attract a bidder for its coming auction of discounted airwaves, following the demise of start-up Frontline Wireless.
Yahoo working to stand alone after Microsoft deal's demise
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Although badly bruised, Yahoo Inc. has the strength to stand alone in the aftermath of Microsoft Corp.'s abandoned takeover bid, provided the Sunnyvale Web ...
stand-alone Show phonetics
adjective [before noun]
Something, such as a computer or a business, which is stand-alone can operate on its own without needing help from another similar thing.
demise
━━ n., vt. 遺贈（する）; 譲位（する）; 死［逝］去; 終了.
noun [S] FORMAL
1 death
2 the end of something that was previously considered to be powerful, such as a business, industry or system:
The demise of the company was sudden and unexpected.
upcoming MAINLY US
adjective [before noun] (UK USUALLY forthcoming)
happening soon:
Tickets are selling well for the group's upcoming concert tour.forthcoming (WILLING)
adjective
friendly and helpful, willing to give information or to talk:
I had difficulty getting any details. He wasn't very forthcoming.
Chinese scientists involved with the research say they have been forthcoming. 'There is nothing secret,' says George F. Gao, director general of the Institute of Microbiology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and one of the authors of the Chinese paper. Dr.
Gao says that, if anything, the government has been pressuring the Chinese researchers to release the information they had. Jia Youling, the chief veterinary officer at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing, has been particularly insistent, according to Dr. Gao.
Pig Virus Leaves Doctors Skeptical About Beijing
2007年08月20日
參 與調查的中國科學家表示他們一直持合作的態度。中國科學院微生物研究所 (Institute of Microbiology)所長、上述研究人員之一的高福(George F.Gao)表示﹐這當中沒有秘密可言﹐倒是中國政府一直在要求科研人員將手頭已有的研究資料公諸於眾﹐中國農業部(Ministry of Agriculture)國家首席獸醫師賈幼陵尤其強調這一點。
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