1. China's economic performance in the past few years should suffice to put predictions of a hard landing to a full stop. China's economy will continue to enjoy medium-high growth and be upgraded to higher levels

2. 另一種看法是，油價在過去三年中的變動，是長期結構性變化的開始，預示著下一個50年裏，能源價格按實際值計算將顯著低於上一個50年。簡單地說，持這種看法的人認為，供給的增長潛力超過需求增長。

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4. 喬斯·威登在度假的時候萌發了創作《螢火蟲》的設想。他當時正在讀一本叫做《天使殺手》的書，這本書講述了一名葛底斯堡戰役中的士兵的故事。威登深深地被這個士兵日複一日的艱辛生活所吸引。這本書的作者描寫了大量日常生活中的繁瑣細節，以及人們如何在缺乏現代科技和商業之便的情況下艱難度日。而威登對這種描寫方式推崇備至。

5. 庫什納回憶道，我當時被他深深折服了。他到新聞集團去見默多克時，我與他有了第一次接觸，當時我被一同叫去提提意見。達洛伊西奧在會上描述了他想要實現的遠景。他幫助默多克加深了對一些事物的見解。達洛伊西奧在台上的優異表現，加上背後李嘉誠的雄厚財力，為Summly招來了包括艾什頓?庫奇(Ashton Kutcher)、小野洋子(Yoko Ono)、史蒂芬?弗萊(Stephen Fry)等許多人的捐贈。

6. 不是因為我樂意看到一部精彩的電視劇劇終——如今已被公認為電視劇的黃金時代，而它正是這個時代的先驅。

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1. 凱莎與死亡金屬之鷹樂隊聯合創作了《Let‘Em Talk》（《讓他們說去吧》）這首流行朋克風格的歌曲，它以吉他原聲為主導，是一首能夠瞬間引爆全場的經典之作。

2. 超級大壞蛋們將受命保護人類——這就是《自殺小隊》的主旨。 一個名叫“A.R.G.U.S”的政府機構招募了一些罪犯幫它執行危險任務，罪犯們將得到的報酬是減刑。這支特遣小隊的成員有小醜、死亡射手、哈利·奎恩、回旋鏢隊長、殺人鱷以及DC漫畫宇宙裏的其他壞家夥。

3. In 2008, Janah talked to a call center worker from Dharavi, India, the largest slum in South Asia, while working as a consultant. The worker said there were millions of unemployed villagers as talented as he was. "I thought, 'What if outsourcing could generate a few dollars for billions of people, rather than billions of dollars for a wealthy few'" Janah says. She went on to launch Samasource, a tech platform that connects impoverished women and youth with large corporations like Google, LinkedIn, and Microsoft to complete digital projects. To date, the non-profit has helped over 16,000 people rise above the poverty line and it recently launched SamaUSA, a domestic program for low-income students living in San Francisco.

4. They must understand in their bones that it is illegitimate to make temporary power permanent by rigging elections, suppressing contrary opinions or harassing the opposition.

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6. You might think 60% is absolutely nothing, but this is a significant step, seeing as gay marriage was not legal anywhere in the United States in 2003.

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1. Chinese consumer prices rose in January, an encouraging sign for the world’s second largest economy in a month characterised by turbulence in its financial markets.

2. At least 10 students lost their chance to attend Harvard College after posting "obscene memes" to a private Facebook chat, the main Harvard student newspaper reported.

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