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31 Jul
Discipline is freedom. You may disagree with this statement, and if you do you are certainly not alone. For many people discipline is a dirty word that is equated with the absence of freedom. In fact the opposite is true. As Stephen R. Covey once wrote, “the undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and [...]
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31 Jul
Juan Antonio Samaranch, former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), gets on his car to head for the hotel upon his arrival at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, July 31, 2008. Samaranch arrived in Beijing at about 9 a.m. Thursday. (Xinhua photo)
Juan Antonio Samaranch, former president of the [...]
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31 Jul
A laboratory technician performs a testing and analysis process at the Beijing Olympic food safety monitoring center in Beijing July 11, 2008. [Agencies]
Quality inspectors are on round-the-clock duty at each of the 148 plants chosen to supply food for athletes and officials taking part in the Olympics to ensure their safety, a senior official said [...]
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31 Jul
The country’s first anti-monopoly law, which was proposed 15 years ago and was not passed until last year, takes effect tomorrow.
The law, seen by some as the “constitution for the market economy” because of its importance in promoting an environment of fair competition, is regarded by investors and legal experts as a landmark law in [...]
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31 Jul
Tired of Beijing’s dreary urban drabness? Yearning to escape all that noise and pollution? Celebrate the long-awaited arrival of spring by paying a visit to Beijing’s Botanical Garden, with its blossom-laden fruit trees, Buddhist temple, and quiet, well-tended and spacious grounds. The natural splendor of the current Peach Blossom Exhibition (April 1st - May 7th) [...]
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31 Jul
In 1782, US Congress selected the bald eagle as the emblem of the newly formed United States, because it symbolized courage and might, and because it was indigenous only to the United States and to Canada.
??The national seal depicts the bald eagle with its wings spread, with one claw clutching an olive branch, and the [...]