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2016年1月7日 星期四

(GMAT prep) exchanging poetry critical of marriage by educated young women in Quaker schools

 In her account of unmarried women’s experiences in colonial Philadelphia, Wulf argues that educated young women, particularly Quakers, engaged in resistance to patriarchal marriage by exchanging poetry critical of marriage, copying verse into their commonplace books. Wulf suggests that this critique circulated beyond the daughters of the Quaker elite and middle class, whose commonplace books she mines, proposing that Quaker schools brought it to many poor female students of diverse backgrounds.

2016年1月5日 星期二

(GMAT prep) "episodic-like" memory

The term “episodic memory” was introduced by Tulving to refer to what he considered a uniquely human capacity—the ability to recollect specific past events, to travel back into the past in one’s own mind—as distinct from the capacity simply to use information acquired through past experiences. Subsequently, Clayton et al. developed criteria to test for episodic memory in animals. 

2015年12月29日 星期二

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Brazil warns against pregnancy due to spreading virus

By Shasta Darlington, CNN
Updated 1116 GMT (1916 HKT) December 24, 2015 | Video Source: CNN
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2015年12月28日 星期一

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South Korea, Japan reach agreement on 'comfort women'

By KJ Kwon, Junko Ogura and Holly Yan, CNN
Updated 1009 GMT (1809 HKT) December 28, 2015
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2015年12月25日 星期五

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2015: Stories of American extremes

Updated 2335 GMT (0735 HKT) December 22, 2015

(CNN)You've heard of the American Dream. In 2015, CNN brought you tales of American extremes: From the town in Alaska where everyone lives in one building to the Virginia hamlet where cell phones are banned to one of the nation's richest places with children living in poverty. You might say these stories bring new meaning to the phrase "American exceptionalism."

2015年12月24日 星期四

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Russia issues new banknote to honor Crimea

by Alanna Petroff   @AlannaPetroff
December 23, 2015: 12:27 PM ET
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2015年12月23日 星期三

CNN news 12/23 (349 words)

Slovenia rejects same-sex marriage by large margin in referendum

By Tim Hume, CNN
Updated 1448 GMT (2248 HKT) December 21, 2015
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2015年12月22日 星期二

CNN news 12/22 (496 words)

Japan unveils design for 2020 Olympic stadium ... again

By Tiffany Ap and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN
Updated 0459 GMT (1259 HKT) December 22, 2015
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2015年12月21日 星期一

CNN news 12/21 (340 words)

Cholera outbreak threatens world's largest refugee camp

By Radina Gigova, CNN
Updated 2054 GMT (0454 HKT) December 19, 2015
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2015年12月18日 星期五

CNN news 12/18 (505 words)

U.S. sells $1.83 billion of weapons to Taiwan despite Chinese objections

By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 0020 GMT (0820 HKT) December 17, 2015 | Video Source: CNN
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2015年12月17日 星期四

CNN news 12/17 (706 words)

Serena Williams vs. American Pharoah: The Sports Illustrated fallout

By Chris Murphy, CNN
Updated 1840 GMT (0240 HKT) December 16, 2015
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2015年12月16日 星期三

CNN news 12/16 (913 words)

Forget 'Sit down!' Students now standing up to learn

By Kelly Wallace, CNN
Updated 1259 GMT (2059 HKT) December 10, 2015
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2015年12月15日 星期二

CNN news 12/15 (459 words)

Slalom House: Ski slope could be built on top of apartment block

Updated 1258 GMT (2058 HKT) December 14, 2015
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2015年12月14日 星期一

CNN news 12/14 (486 words)

3 things about Alibaba's move into big media

by Sophia Yan   @sophia_yan
December 13, 2015: 9:45 PM ET
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2015年12月11日 星期五

CNN news 12/11 (429 words)

Bad luck Zuck: China says no plans to stop blocking foreign web site

By Steven Jiang and Katie Hunt, CNN
Updated 0840 GMT (1640 HKT) December 9, 2015
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2015年12月10日 星期四

2015年12月9日 星期三

CNN news 12/9 (421 words)

Chinese state media hits back at claims of racist 'Star Wars' poster

By James Griffiths, CNN
Updated 0318 GMT (1118 HKT) December 9, 2015
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CNN news 12/8 (350 words)

Storm Desmond: Floods, power outages hit northwest England

By Tiffany Ap and Tim Hume, CNN
Updated 1511 GMT (2311 HKT) December 7, 2015
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2015年12月7日 星期一

CNN news 12/7 (840 words)

Colombia says it found Spanish galleon; U.S. firm claims half of treasure

By Michael Martinez and Alba Prifti, CNN
Updated 0115 GMT (0915 HKT) December 6, 2015 | Video Source: CNN
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2015年12月4日 星期五

The New York Times news 12/4 (533 words)

E.U. Investigates McDonald’s Tax Deal With Luxembourg
By JAMES KANTERDEC. 3, 2015
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(part)BRUSSELS — European Union authorities said on Thursday they were formally investigating whether Luxembourg had granted McDonald’s overly generous tax breaks, another front in their efforts to crack down on corporate tax avoidance.