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Despite some hype and a few regional exceptions, the construction of office towers and suburban office parks has not made a significant resurgence in the current recovery. After a century in which office space expanded nationally with every uptick in the economy, we may have reached something close 阅读全文
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Many companies regularly look up job applicants online as part of the hiring process. A new study suggests they may also use what they find to discriminate.discriminate against：歧视，排斥 look up：查阅，仰望，拜访The study, a Carnegie Mellon University experiment involving dummy résumés and social-media 阅读全文
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The trophy case in the tiny conference room outside Isaac Larian’s corner office spans an entire wall. It overflows with the dolls that have made him a fortune, from his first hit, the miniskirt-clad Bratz toys, to the latest, the Lalaloopsy dolls with their bumble-gum pink and neon-orange coils of 阅读全文
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Why are some obese people healthy, apparently protected from the damaging effects of excess fat on the liver and other organs?interfere with：干涉，妨碍，打扰 metabolism：新陈代谢 obese：肥胖的，过胖的 liver：肝脏Scientists are investigating this question as they look to understand how obesity disrupts normal organ... 阅读全文
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It's a nightly dilemma in many households: A student hits a wall doing homework, and parents are too tired, too busy—or too mystified—to help.dilemma：困境，进退两难 mystified：困惑的，使难解Ordering up a tutor is becoming as easy for kids as grabbing a late-night snack. Amid rapid growth in companies offering 阅读全文
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BEIJING—China's family-planning agency is projecting a slow rollout for an easing of its one-child policy, underscoring reluctance by the government in moving too quickly to let some couples have two children and a law in place for decades.rollout:首次展示，上线 unserscoring:强调 reluctance：勉强，不情愿The p.. 阅读全文
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As we continue examining this season’s DVR success stories in The Blacklist and Sleepy Hollow it makes one wonder, just what other shows caused networks to change the way they think about how their audience watches television?24 (2001)Jack Bauer is more than just one of television’s most iconic acti 阅读全文
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If you’re a writer or artist, you understand the power of location when it comes to creativity and finding inspiration. Looking for a place that will get your juices flowing? Here are 15 common places that can inspire your creativity.1. Libraries and BookstoresWords are a wonderful thing. You could 阅读全文
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The teen years are often fraught with door-slamming, eye-rolling and seeming insensitivity, even by kids who behaved kindly before. Some parents worry that they're doing something wrong, or that their children will never think of anyone but themselves.fraught with：充满 slamming：砰地关上，猛烈抨击 insensi.. 阅读全文
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In the darkest moments of the killer storm that ripped across this coastal city on Friday, residents huddled beneath a statue of Jesus' crucifixion on the second floor of the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center, praying for survival.rip across：把..撕成两半 huddle：挤成一团，瑟缩 crucifixion：刑法，苦难 Th... 阅读全文