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BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The United States is either waging war abroad or on the road to doing so, which has left hundreds of thousands of people dead and tens of millions displaced. So, who is profiting most from the endless wars waged by the United States? The answer is quite ...
This means that James Bond did indeed have a brother, but also that his brother was named James as well ...?As of this writing, "James Bond Jr." is the only TV adaptation to date of Ian Fleming's ultra-popular James Bond book series. It came at a fascinating time in the history ...
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker. Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
There, Monáe began plotting out an ambitious series of concept recordings collectively known as "Metropolis," the story of a runaway android named Cindi Mayweather in the year 2719. First came the EP Metropolis: Suite 1 (The Chase), a critically-acclaimed released that earned Monáe an...
When World War II ended, theCold War, a political and ideological battle between the communist world (led by the Soviet Union) and the Western democracies (led by the United States), began. A dog named Laika took center stage in that geopolitical struggle. ...
El nifio, a Spanish term for "the Christ child", was named by south American fisherman who noticed that the global weather pattern. 2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文 Families of those who take part will be included in celebration and brunch will be served. 2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读...
Hence the destruction he brought to the world! The teacher's pet, Wittgenstein, is mentioned in Daolang Song's "Luosha Haishi": "There is a boss at the Europe Steel, with a son named Wittgenstein." Wittgenstein is a kind man, he donated all the family property to the people in need...
Another Bolshevik revolutionary named Josif Djugashvili picked an even tougher pseudonym. He became known as Stalin, Russian for “steel.” The Bolsheviks responded to challenges in every kind of way. Naturally, a name does not invariably square with the true nature of its bearer. Kamenev, ...
The Good Guy: Seymour Krelborn is a geeky florist and human caretaker of the man-eating plant named Audrey II. Audrey [I] is his coworker who he secretly longs for. There doesn't appear to be much evil in Seymour until Audrey II convinces him to offer someone up as tribute. Audrey...