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A very popular day-trip from Guangzhou goes to Foshan, a city of nearly 300,000 people, renowned for its handicrafts for more than a thousand years.
The city of Foshan has been renowned for its handicrafts for over a thousand years.
Foshan is a small village with roughly 3000 people living there.
The Greek Islands and Their People
The people who live on Greek Islands.
The residents of Italy.
Try to visit the cathedral's horloge astro?­no?­mique on the hour to see the figures emerge from the clock.
Every hour, figures emerge from the cathedrals clock.
The clock is not worth seeing as it does nothing special.
Cal Tech's 900 undergrads are so hard-working that one computer science lab is scheduled from midnight to 2 a.m. ...
Cal Tech's undergrads are very hard working.
Cal Tech does not give their undergrads access to computers.
Was it in the papers yet?
Has it been in the papers?
There are no papers?
The preamble to the final rule states that the rule is not subject to review under Executive Orders 12630 (Property rights) and 12612 (Federalism).
The introduction the final rule has a statement about the rule.
The preamble to the final rule declares that the rule be subject to review.
Of course, with airstrikes on Iraq, U.S. embassies on alert for terrorist attacks, and an impeachment vote looming on the Hill, you may just want to keep the set tuned to CNN.
CNN is a channel you can watch on the TV set.
There are no airstrikes on Iran.
In a morning's tour from Mor?­laix, about 160 km (100 miles) to the west of Dinard, you can take in three of the most important ones on a route signposted as the Circuit des Enclos Paroissiaux.
There is a route you can take that includes the three most important ones.
You can take in the most important ones in Dinard itself.
A disappointed father of a child who didn't get in, shouted that only VIP brats had been accepted, for which he got hit in the face by editor Furtok, in private - a father of a kid who got in to group B2/platform PC.
There was violence between fathers of children that did and didn't get in.
Every child that applied got accepted, to everyone's delight.
It looked like a twisted frown.
A twisted from is what it looked like.
It looked like a twisted smile.
About 5 km (3 miles) west of Edinburgh's center, past the rugby ground at Murrayfield, you will find Corstorphine.
Corstorphine is past the rugby field at Muarryfield.
The city Corstorphie is 3 miles north of Edinburgh's center.
For readers with an interest in further information, but limited time, a few key references are starred (*).
a few key references are starred.
No key references are starred for the reader.
West of the shrine, surrounded by an iron railing, are the stump and fragments of Ashoka's Pillar, which was once over 15 m (48 ft) high.
The remnants of Ashoka's Pillar can be found to the west of the shrine.
Ashoka's Pillar still stands nearly 50 feet tall.
Jon watched him run to the men and the berserk horse.
He ran in the direction of the horse who was going crazy.
He ran to the calm horse as Jon ran beside him.
Perhaps they saw something I don't know but suddenly Mrs. Vandemeyer said 'Now,'
They might have seen something, but I couldn't tell.
None of them could have seen anything.
GAO holds an exit conference with an agency after completing its data collection and analysis.
GAO has a conference with an agency after they get the data.
GAO has a conference with an agency before they get the data.
The waterfront drive parallels the shore of a Chinese island, and boats headed to China pass through the narrow waterway.
Boats headed to China can pass through the narrow waterway.
It is illegal for boats to use the narrow waterway.
Unforgettable memories, I'd say.'
The memories are unforgettable
The speaker cannot remember the memories
You'll find an outstanding array of wicker items everything from picnic baskets and trays to tables, chairs, and decorative deer throughout Madeira.
You can find a lot of wicker items.
There is very little wicker available.
That couldn't be good.
It was bad.
It would be a good thing.
and she found out after that she said you know my parents they just they really wasted a lot of money this is about twenty years ago but uh
Twenty years after the fact she my parents wasted money.
She was jealous that my parents still spend money on me twenty years later.
Here was another page from the history books.
A sheet from a book on history.
A page from a romance novel
aThere is no cookie-cutter approach, so knowing what fits in an organization is key to finding the right CIO to match with the organization.
It is important to find the right CIO for the organization.
It doesn't matter if the CIO is a good fit or not.
Demand functions differ across household depending on observable and unobservable characteristics of the household
Demand functions differ from household to household.
Demand functions do not differ across household.
says Gwen Ifill ( Washington Week in Review ).
It's said by Gwen Ifill.
Gwen didn't say anything.
Mach 3 represents the culmination of this trend
The apex of this trend is Mach 3
The trend seems to point at future Mach 5 applications
The Crusaders enlarged and embellished it in the 12th century, and Sultan Suleiman repaired it in the 16th century.
In the 1100s, it was extended and decorated by the Crusaders.
During the 12th century, the Crusaders decided to remove any embellishments from it and reduce its size.
The cap ensures that the reductions in SO2, NOx and mercury required by the Clear Skies Initiative are achieved and maintained over time even as new power plants are built.
Reductions in SO2, NOx, and mercury will be guaranteed by the cap.
The cap is merely for show, and will not reduce SO2 or NOx emissions.
I've seen better.
I have seen better.
He has not seen better.
Time 's enthusiastic package echoes the familiar line about why Bush is the Republican The breadth of his support among blacks and Hispanics and his landslide re-election victory wowed the GOP.
Support from blacks and Hispanics made the GOP take notice.
Bush did not have the support of blacks nor Hispanics.
and uh um yeah and they understand our the our process
The process is understood by them.
They have no idea what the process involves.
'You're going to get people killed.'
People will die on your accountability.
You will save everyone.
And you'll sleep oh yes, my little spy, you'll sleep all right!" There was a sort of hideous geniality in the last words which Tuppence did not at all like.
Tuppence did not like the hideous geniality of the last words.
Tuppence did like the tone of the words spoken.
Those voices deserve to be heard, but the risk is that the national crime debate will be shrouded in the emotional fog they produce.
Their concerns were clouded from the emotional response.
They were emotionless which made it hard for others to see their point.
The Mughal empire had five rulers in 12 years after Aurangzeb died.
The mughal empire had 5 rulers in 12 years.
The mughal empire only had 1 ruler for 12 years.
From a distance you have brought him, senor ? Oliveri walked about the stud as Drew went to fetch his saddle.
The man wandered around the horse.
The man sat in a chair while Drew picked up his hat.
um-hum um-hum yes oh i do too yes
Yes, I do also.
I do not agree with at all.
Current federal CIOs are learning how to carry out their responsibilities in the federal environment with all of the incumbent expectations and constraints.
The CIO has many responsibilities they have to take care of.
The CIO has no responsibilities.
uh how do you feel about gun control
What's your take on gun control.
How do you feel about healthcare?
we'll go ahead and call you another day maybe
We might contact you some time in the future.
Don't expect us to call you at all.
The postgame hype revolves around whether Elway will attempt a threepeat next year or will retire on top as Michael Jordan did.
It is unclear if Elway will try for another win, or let the game go.
There is no concern about what Elway will choose to do.
We know this, because later she asked Dorcas to bring her some.
Dorcas was asked by her to bring some.
We do not know this.
The entrance is to the right.
Turn right to find the entrance.
The entrance is to the left.
'A general doesn't hide behind his troops,' White snapped.
White said a general should be brave.
White said a general should be scared.
Despite the roar of the traffic on the voies express, you can take delightful walks along the banks and rest quietly on benches beneath poplar and plane trees.
You can take a quiet walk along the banks..
There are no poplar trees along the banks.
So this was Tubacca!
They were at Tubacca!
They still never saw Tubacca.
We will increase empowerment and accountability at the senior executive level.
At the senior executive level we will increase empowerment and accountability.
At the senior level we decrease empowerment and accountability.
So deep did he think that he neither saw, nor heard, nor felt anything until the tip of the blade touched the side of his neck.
The blade touching his neck made him realize that he had saw, heard, and felt something.
He felt nothing, saw nothing, heard nothing. Not even when he was punctured by the blade.
Why is he any worse than the rest of this crowd? The slave shuddered as the dour, slow-moving overseer began walking stiffly toward them.
The slave was being watched over by the slow overseer.
The overseer let the slave run free.
Even here the Waters are really little more than a large stream, but they flow into the Firth of Forth and beyond into the North Sea.
The waters are not large here.
No one knows where the water here flows.
Mightn't be able to prove it to a pack of lawyers.
It would be hard to prove it to a group of lawyers.
Any bunch of lawyers would find it plausible.
The FDA performed a cost-benefit analysis of the final rule.
The FDA conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the final rule.
The FDA hired an agency to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the final rule, since they could not do it themselves.
On display on the mezzanine floor are historic Hollywood photographs and other memorabilia.
You can see iconic objects on the mezzanine floor.
The mezzanine floor is boring and there is nothing to see.
GAO expects to receive a report from the agency on the results of the action.
The agency must file its account of the matter with the GAO.
No report was due to the GAO.
What of it?
What about it?
Don't ask me.
Think _at_ them.
Think at them.
Think at me.
yeah yeah well yeah i hope that it does for her she deserves it she's a nice person
I hope it works out for her, she deserves it.
I hope she doesn't get it, she has not earned it.
He was to have conducted the Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra in the Red Fort as part of the country's 50 th -anniversary celebrations, but the organizers announced this week that the concert was being canceled for unforeseen reasons, while privately hinting that this was because Menuhin was unwell.
Menuhin was supposed to conduct the symphony at the celebration.
Menuhin conducted the symphony at the celebration.
National- and American-league baseball teams played regular-season games against each other for the first time in the sport's 120-year history.
Baseball has been around in America for 120 years.
Baseball has been in America for 400 years.
Rapid advances in information technology have highlighted the need for updated internal control guidance related to modern computer systems.
Information technology has experienced rapid growth which has led to the discovery of areas in need of improvement.
The lack of development in the field of information technology has highlighted the stagnancy of today's computer systems.
References to the United States Postal Service will be capitalized.
The United States Postal Service will be capitalized.
Lower case letters can be used for the Postal Service references.
But I don't know if you know that Borys recommended a therapist to me, you know, in case I have heart problems.
In case I have heart problems, Borys recommended me a therapist.
Borys didn't think I needed a therapist.
The sky was falling?
The sky was collapsing?
The sky is staying in place.
He was a small man, very pale, with a gentle almost womanish air.
He was tiny, pale, nearly effeminate man.
He was a strapping, tall, manly man's man.
Beyond the election, the parallels may break down.
After the election the paralels may break.
After the elections the parallels will remain.
At one point he imagines this middle-class By dismissing our fears about declining morality out of hand, you fail to recognize that middle-class morality is not necessarily opposed to the values of inclusion and equality that you currently profess.
If you dismiss our fears about deciling morality out of hand, you fail to recognize that middle-class morality is not neccesarily opposed to the values of niclusion and equality, that you currently profess.
The middle class is completely opposed to the values of inclusion and equality.
Amid the turmoil of the Emergency, Chinese and Indian community leaders were eager for compromise.
Amid the turmoil Chinese and Indian community leaders sought compromise.
The Chinese and Indian leaders embraced the turmoil and continued to drive their agendas.
White-ruffed langur monkeys leap and swing in the treetops, sending flights of green parakeets screeching.
You can see white-ruffed langur monkeys that leap and swing on the trees.
That part of the field lacks trees, so the monkeys have to walk all their way.
Now comes the third case, in which a girl gave birth in her parents' garage and left the baby there.
A girl went into labor and delivered in her parent's garage.
The girl went to the hospital to give birth.
and i i've been down to the south of England where supposedly King Arthur's castle was
I went to the southern part of England.
I've never been to England.
Use of Program Oversight
Overseeing the program.
A lack of vision over the program.
The anger story has distracted the media because it looks so much worse than it is.
The media is distracted on the larger than life anger story.
The media has maintained its focus on the real facts, and not the anger story.
1999: Turnout for Apocalypse Lighter Than Expected
Apocalypse turnout lighter than expected
Many more people showed up for the Apocalypse than expected.
His religious conversion won him the support of the papacy, and Mieszko effectively founded the Polish state the following year.
Mieszko founded the Polish state after he won the support of the papacy.
Even though the papacy opposed him, Mieszko still founded the Polish state.
So the Maastricht Treaty (the blueprint for European currency union) ensured that the budget-cutting it required would be all pain and no gain.
The Maastricht Treaty would make budget-cutting useless.
By implementing the Maastricht Treaty, budget-cutting would be easy and yield many rewards.
Leading north from the Piazza del Duomo, the huge croseshaped shopping arcade of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele is a splendid steel and glass monument to the expansive commercial spirit of the 19th century, and a prototype of today's shopping mall.
The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele leads north from the Piazza del Duomo.
The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele is nowhere near the Piazza del Duomo.
'Please,' I tried raising my hands.
I tried raising my hands.
I gave up and walked away.
But the true Trasteverini hang on, mainly in the area immediately around Santa Maria in Trastevere, reputedly the oldest church in the city.
Some people think that the Santa Maria in Trastevere is the oldest church in Rome.
Even the true Trasteverini have long departed from the area.
On 1 May 1707 England and Scotland were formally joined together by the Act of Union establishing the Union of Parliaments and the United Kingdom was born.
When the fighting stopped and the union was established, Scotland and the UK finally joined together and made up.
The war between the United Kingdom and Scotland never ceased until this very day.
It is certainly curious, I agreed.
It is certainly out of place, I agreed.
There is nothing out of the ordinary, I said.
good morning
Hello!
Good night.
i didn't notice anything simplified about it except that they took away the deductions for the interest and other things
The only thing simpler about it was that it didn't have deductions for interest and stuff.
It was significantly simplified.
hard for me because you know it's like you grow up to be twenty years old and it's always the same man and then suddenly he sees that he's getting old
It's like you grow up and things are a certain way.
You never grow up.
That would be credibility worth fighting for.
That is credibility that one should try to keep.
That would be credibility one can afford to lose.
When Edo became the capital of the Tokugawa shogunate, Asakusa began to flourish as an entertainment quarter.
Askausa flourished as an entertainment quarter once Edo become the capital
Edo did not become the capital of the Tokugawa shogunate.
it's really kind of fun especially if your spouse will get in there with you and get dirty yeah
It is even more fun if your spouse gets in on it.
It is fun, but not if your spouse is there.
There he sent up his name, and the message that it was urgent.
He said that the message was urgent.
He refused to send up his name.
She was quite beyond words.
she was beyond words.
She talked nonstop.
that's pretty unusual because we i've generally found that rabbits have been very uh very good parents
That is odd, since I know rabbits to be great parents.
I have noticed that rabbits are the worst parents.
Bars, restaurants, and late-night brasseries line the adjoining rue Berger and the streets leading off it.
There are several night life locations along the rue Berger.
There is nothing to do at night along the rue Berger.
There's not a lot of low-cost counsel available.
Most counsellor are expensive, there are not many low-cost counsellors available.
There is an abundance of low-cost counsellors available.
At the beginning of the second millennium b.c. , Jerusalem was a Canaanite mountain stronghold on a secondary trade route, far less important than biblical cities such as Hazor, Megiddo, Beth Shean, and Shechem.
Jerusalem was a Canaantie stronghold.
Jerusalem was a Canaantie target.
Even though more than 150,000 people in Shelby, Fayette, Tipton and Lauderdale counties qualify for public legal aid, the latest census shows a loss of 10,166 poverty-level clients in the area.
The amount of people in poverty is lower.
All the residents were living in poverty.
i know some something weird
I know, something weird.
That sounds normal.
Department of Labor, Division of Foreign Labor Certifications, Revised June 1999 [hereinafter FY 1998 H-2A Report].
Department of Labor includes the Division ofForeign Labor Certifications.
The certifications were revised on June 1922.
The ongoing revolution in information technology and communications offers unlimited opportunities to improve design review processes.
There are great opportunities emerging in the design review process thanks to technology.
Information technology has no potential uses in the design review process.
Mr. Brown? he said.
He asked for Mr. Brown's attention.
Mr. Brown asked for the man.
99, really necessary?
Is the number required?
There is no question about its necessity.
i know it's it's really hard for me i work two jobs and
It's difficult for me because I work two jobs.
I've been unemployed for several years.
It is also sometimes called simply Beaubourg, after the 13th-century neighborhood that surrounds it.
The surrounding neighborhood is known as Beaubourg.
Beauborg is a neighborhood founded in the 19th century.