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发帖数: 3817 | 1 自己去看美国宪法
United States Constitution
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United States Constitution
Constitution of the United States, page 1.jpg
Page one of the original copy of the Constitution
Created
September 17, 1787
Ratified
June 21, 1788
Date effective
March 4, 1789; 227 years ago
Location
National Archives,
Washington, D.C.
Author(s)
Philadelphia Convention
Signatories
39 of the 55 delegates
Purpose
To replace the Articles of Confederation (1777)
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w*******2
发帖数: 2199 | 3 【 以下文字转载自 Faculty 讨论区 】
发信人: Highly (高妹), 信区: Faculty
标 题: 若练此功，请先自宫---给Andrew Yang
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Nov 3 14:54:15 2019, 美东)
1. 反智的先锋
在我认识的人里（因为工作局限，多数只限于做教育工作的），真的是有好多好多人或
者支持Andrew Yang，或者“特别想，特别希望”能支持他。后者的群体，几乎是一边
骂着他的各种政策和人设，一边唉声叹气的打算投他的票。为什么会这么撕裂呢？因为
这个人就是很难让人喜欢。而又由于华人在美国的政治领袖太少了，参选总统竞选的更
是不用说了，就冲着他这张脸，都不得不支持他。
我个人和他无冤无仇，可是身为一个教育工作者，我不能眼看着他和他的追随者毁了这
个国家的教育，和前途。“We invented the SAT during World War II to identify
smart kids to keep away from the frontlines. Now every year is wartime… W... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 4 John W. Miller, Greek Shippers Weather Storm; Despite Economic Turmoil at
Home, Firms Appear Poised for a Strong Year. Wall Street Journal, May 13,
2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704879704575236190728497962.html
(a) Quote:
"The [shipping] industry [is] second only to tourism in economic importance
to Greece
"The modern incarnation of Greek shipping was born in the late 1940s, when
Greek entrepreneurs bought over 800 Liberty ships, U.S. wartime cargo
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w*********s
发帖数: 2136 | 5 Is Japan's Elite Hiding A Weapons
Program Inside Nuclear Plants?
By Yoichi Shimatsu
4-6-11
Confused and often conflicting reports out of Fukushima 1 nuclear plant
cannot be solely the result of tsunami-caused breakdowns, bungling or
miscommunication. Inexplicable delays and half-baked explanations from Tokyo
Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI) seem to be driven by some unspoken factor.
The smoke and mirrors at Fukushima 1 seem to obscure a steady... 阅读全帖 |
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g******t
发帖数: 11249 | 6 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: dellp (dellp), 信区: Military
标 题: The U.S. Is Purging Chinese Cancer Researchers From Top Institutions
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Jun 15 20:27:51 2019, 美东)
The NIH and the FBI are targeting ethnic Chinese scientists, including U.S.
citizens, searching for a cancer cure. Here’s the first account of what
happened to Xifeng Wu.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-13/the-u-s-is-purging-
chinese-americans-from-top-cancer-research
The dossier on cancer researcher Xif... 阅读全帖 |
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H****y
发帖数: 2992 | 7 1. 反智的先锋
在我认识的人里（因为工作局限，多数只限于做教育工作的），真的是有好多好多人或
者支持Andrew Yang，或者“特别想，特别希望”能支持他。后者的群体，几乎是一边
骂着他的各种政策和人设，一边唉声叹气的打算投他的票。为什么会这么撕裂呢？因为
这个人就是很难让人喜欢。而又由于华人在美国的政治领袖太少了，参选总统竞选的更
是不用说了，就冲着他这张脸，都不得不支持他。
我个人和他无冤无仇，可是身为一个教育工作者，我不能眼看着他和他的追随者毁了这
个国家的教育，和前途。“We invented the SAT during World War II to identify
smart kids to keep away from the frontlines. Now every year is wartime… We
should deemphasize standardized tests and evaluate kids more holistically.”
--- Andrew Yang
我们首先不讨论他的这些反智观点是发自内心呢，还是为了讨好某些群体。先说说国... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********s
发帖数: 2136 | 8 Is Japan Hiding A Weapons Program Inside Nuclear Plants？
By Yoichi Shimatsu
4-6-11
Confused and often conflicting reports out of Fukushima 1 nuclear plant
cannot be solely the result of tsunami-caused breakdowns, bungling or
miscommunication. Inexplicable delays and half-baked explanations from Tokyo
Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI) seem to be driven by some unspoken factor.
The smoke and mirrors at Fukushima 1 seem to obscure a steady purpose... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********s
发帖数: 2136 | 9 Is Japan's Elite Hiding A Weapons
Program Inside Nuclear Plants?
By Yoichi Shimatsu
4-6-11
Confused and often conflicting reports out of Fukushima 1 nuclear plant
cannot be solely the result of tsunami-caused breakdowns, bungling or
miscommunication. Inexplicable delays and half-baked explanations from Tokyo
Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI) seem to be driven by some unspoken factor.
The smoke and mirrors at Fukushima 1 seem to obscure a steady... 阅读全帖 |
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R*******N
发帖数: 7494 | 10 Gordon Brown may have apologised for the "appalling" way gay computer pioneer Alan Turing was treated, but some believe the prime minister should go further.
Many gay men were "treated" in the same way as Alan Turing - given powerful drugs or electric shocks to "cure" them of their homosexuality.
Turing - a wartime hero who helped break the Enigma code - killed himself in 1954.
His suicide has been blamed on a combination of depression brought on by the loss of his government job, and on unpleas |
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wh
发帖数: 141625 | 11 时间地点介绍贴在下面。看上去是从抗战时期、蒋介石炸毁河南郑州花园口的黄河大堤
说起，到1941-43年的河南大饥荒。河南作家刘震云的中篇小说《温故一九四二》说的
就是那个事儿，大批河南人背井离乡逃难，还有很多人吃人的事件，惨不忍睹。建国以
后挖井、修渠，有个很出名的红旗渠。但现在黄河水一年比一年干，水渠的水也比以前
少很多。去年去河南，听当地人说因为挖井、修渠大量开发地下水，破坏了生态环境平
衡。这个讲座似乎还是持积极态度的。有关心这方面的朋友可以去听听。
Monday, April 9, 2012 (4:30 PM)
2011-2012 CEAS CHINA COLLOQUIUM SERIES
War, Water, Power: An Environmental History of Henan's Yellow River Flood
Area, 1938-1952
Micah Muscolino – Associate Professor of History, Georgetown University
4:30 PM, Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hil... 阅读全帖 |
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v******n
发帖数: 39 | 12 你好，我想要yoga，美国旅行和WARTIME Baking Book，谢谢O(∩_∩)O~！ |
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w*********s
发帖数: 2136 | 14 Is Japan's Elite Hiding A Weapons
Program Inside Nuclear Plants?
By Yoichi Shimatsu
4-6-11
Confused and often conflicting reports out of Fukushima 1 nuclear plant
cannot be solely the result of tsunami-caused breakdowns, bungling or
miscommunication. Inexplicable delays and half-baked explanations from Tokyo
Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI) seem to be driven by some unspoken factor.
The smoke and mirrors at Fukushima 1 seem to obscure a steady... 阅读全帖 |
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u**h
发帖数: 509 | 15 http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/09/angelina-jolies-unb
Angelina Jolie's Unbroken is racist, say Japanese nationalists
Jolie’s Oscar contender labelled ‘immoral’ by Society for the
Dissemination of Historical Fact, which objects to portrayal of cruel
Japanese guards in prisoner-of-war camps and calls for film to be banned
from Japan
First-look review: Unbroken
Miyavi, the star of Unbroken, at the film's New York premiere.
Miyavi, who plays Mutsuhiro Watanabe in Unbroken, at the film’... 阅读全帖 |
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M*j
发帖数: 3534 | 16 好像也看批次
quote from a post:
“Here's my breakdown based on the rifles I've owned and shot:
Tikka 91/30:
1-2 MOA, sub MOA possible
USSR pre-war with tight screws and a good bore:
2-3 MOA, MOA possible with some
USSR wartime production with tight screws and good bore:
2 1/2 to 4 MOA
USSR production parts gun with cruddy bore and poor crown:
Pieplate ” |
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d*******s
发帖数: 15155 | 17 Luger P08 Parabellium
Origins
Georg Luger developed the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge from Luger's earlier
7.65×21mm Parabellum. In 1902, Luger presented the new round to the British
Small Arms Committee as well as three prototype versions to the U.S. Army
for testing at Springfield Arsenal in mid-1903. The German Navy adopted the
cartridge in 1904 and in 1906 the German Army adopted it as well.[11]
The initial cartridge was created by removing the bottleneck of the 7.65 mm
Luger cartridge, result... 阅读全帖 |
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p******l
发帖数: 7 | 18 来自主题: ClassicalMusic版 - 最感人的片断 Furtwangler BPO 1950 Rome: Bruckner Symphony No.7
(比较下来，其它版本只能望其项背，也正是这个曲目，让我再一次对Karajan失望阿，同
样是BPO,指挥的影响太大了）
Furtwangler Tristan und Isolde prelude
(是wartime录音，从广播里录到了磁带上，每次开车听都如痴如醉，心目中最完美的诠释
，只不过为此高价去买了Furt指挥的Tristan全套，听CD感觉缺了点什么，也说不出是什
么）
Furtwangler Beethoven Symphony No.9 1951 Bayreuther
(太有名了吧，又是活生生把Toscanini的比下去了，至少我强烈如此感觉）
嘿嘿，果然是个狂热的Furt迷 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 19 (1) Josh Patner, Damsels in His Dress; Whether it's tycoon pinstripes, Cary
Grant flannels or Churchill tweeds, the season's most smashing styles for
ladies come straight from the gentleman's playbookWall Street Journal, Oct.
9, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536782081736118.html
My comment:
(a) In the print, the report spread in two pages. In the second page, the
heading is "Girls Will Be Boys."
(b) Only read paragraph 1 and take a look at the pictures.
Note for... 阅读全帖 |
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a*o
发帖数: 25262 | 20 本年度最佳虚构、诗歌和非虚构类图书，由《纽约时报书评》编辑部评选。
虚构与诗歌类
《披头士之骨》(Beatlebone)，凯文·巴里(Kevin Barry)著（Doubleday出版社，24.
95美元）。巴里以刀锋般犀利的叙事，在小说中想像1978年的约翰·列侬在爱尔兰西部
漫游，寻找充满创造力的自我，与一名爱尔兰司机对话。
《美丽的官僚》(The Beautiful Bureaucrat)，海伦·菲利普斯(Helen Phillips)著（
Holt出版社，25美元）。在菲利普斯这本引人入胜、充满诙谐的超现实色彩的处女小说
里，一个行政工作人员的经历提出了存在主义式的问题。
《美是伤口》(Beauty Is A Wound)，艾卡·科尼阿万(Eka Kurniawan)著，安妮·塔克
(Annie Tucker)译（New Directions出版社，平装，19.95美元）。小说讲述印度尼西
亚动荡的20世纪。
《公民：一首美国抒情诗》(CITIZEN: An American Lyric)，克劳迪娅·伦凯尼(
Claudia Rankine)著（Graywolf出版社，平装，2... 阅读全帖 |
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Y******m
发帖数: 1422 | 21 http://ynotmovies.blogspot.com/2010/12/films-i-saw-in-2010.html
December
1. Mongolian Ping Pong (绿草地 | China 2005 | in Mongolian | 102 min.) 9
2. Shinjuku Incident (新宿事件 | Hong Kong 2010 | in Chinese/Japanese |
119 min.) 6
3. Sacrifice (赵氏孤儿 | China 2010 | in Chinese | 124 min.) 9
4. If You Are The One 2 (非诚勿扰 2 | China 2010 | in Chinese | 125 min.)
5
5. Let the Bullets Fly (让子弹飞 | China 2010 | in Chinese | 132 min.) 7
6. Man of Vendetta (파괴된 사... 阅读全帖 |
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a****a
发帖数: 5763 | 22 MICHAEL:
You're not a wartime Consiglieri, Tom. Things may get rough with the move we
're trying.
VITO CORLEONE (sitting next to Tom on the couch)
Tom -- I advise Michael. I never thought you were a bad Consiglieri. I
thought -- Santino
was a bad Don, rest in peace. Michael has all my confidence, as - as you do.
But uh -- there
are reasons why you must have no part in what is going to happen.
http://www.thegodfathertrilogy.com/gf1/transcript/gf1transcript |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 23 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: lczlcz (lcz), 信区: USANews
标 题: Kyle Derangement Syndrome
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jan 21 19:19:44 2015, 美东)
The Navy SEAL’s lickspittle critics sink to new lows with their bad faith,
vitriol, and outright deception.
By Ian Tuttle
With the release of Clint Eastwood’s Chris Kyle biopic American Sniper,
based on the life of America’s deadliest marksman, the Left has been eager
to take potshots at the late Navy officer and Iraq veteran. By deceptively
quoting Kyle’s 2012 aut... 阅读全帖 |
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c******s
发帖数: 5583 | 24 http://www.flickr.com/photos/56090579@N02/sets/7215762623618482
Hugo Jaeger
"Hugo Jaeger is the former personal photographer of Adolf Hitler. He
travelled with Hitler in the years leading up to and throughout World War II
and took around 2,000 colour photographs of the Austrian-born German
politician. Jaeger was one of the few photographers who were using color
photography techniques at the time. "
照片是一个wartime collector的收藏 |
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T**T
发帖数: 70 | 25 现在是wartime，公民是加速的，进去就可以申请。 |
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p*********w
发帖数: 23432 | 26 惨了，BATMAN 也救不了你了（视频）zz
DONGSHIGU VILLAGE, China (CNN) -- As Christian Bale approached an impromptu
checkpoint leading to this tiny village in eastern China, four men blocking
the narrow path started marching toward him in menacing unison.
"I am here to see Chen Guangcheng," the Hollywood actor said and I
translated, with correspondent Stan Grant and cameraman Brad Olson next to
us.
"Go away!" the plainclothes guards barked, pushing us back.
Amid the scuffling and yelling, dozens more guards in o... 阅读全帖 |
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l******a
发帖数: 3803 | 27 日本大使的座驾，上面的日本国旗被扯下。
Japanese envoy’s car attacked in Beijing
By Kathrin Hille in Beijing and Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo
A car carrying Japan’s ambassador to China was attacked in Beijing on
Monday, adding to tensions between the two nations over territorial rights
to islands in the East China Sea.
Uichiro Niwa was travelling with his wife and two staff on a congested road
when two cars blocked the vehicle, an official at the Japanese embassy said.
More
ON THIS STORY
David Pilling Japan, China and... 阅读全帖 |
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m*****i
发帖数: 2325 | 28 The Halifax Explosion was a disaster that occurred in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada, on the morning of 6 December 1917. SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo
ship fully loaded with wartime explosives, collided with the Norwegian
vessel SS Imo in the Narrows, a strait connecting the upper Halifax Harbour
to Bedford Basin. A fire on board the French ship ignited her cargo, causing
a cataclysmic explosion that devastated the Richmond District of Halifax.
Approximately 2,000 people were killed by debris, fir... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 29 (2) Adam Barrows, Time Wars; How a huge new clock in Mecca is reviving a
century-old clash over what time it is. Boston Globe, June 19, 2011
http://articles.boston.com/2011-06-19/bostonglobe
/29677482_1_largest-clock-prime-meridian-greenwich-royal-observatory
("What we all accept as the global standard for time dates back to a meeting
held just 127 years ago: the 1884 International Meridian Conference, which
was convened not in England but right here in the United States [at
Washington DC]. In t... 阅读全帖 |
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wh
发帖数: 141625 | 30 【 以下文字转载自 Connecticut 讨论区 】
发信人: wh (wh), 信区: Connecticut
标 题: 下周一耶鲁有个关于河南黄河流域治理的讲座
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Apr 6 16:56:12 2012, 美东)
时间地点介绍贴在下面。看上去是从抗战时期、蒋介石炸毁河南郑州花园口的黄河大堤
说起，到1941-43年的河南大饥荒。河南作家刘震云的中篇小说《温故一九四二》说的
就是那个事儿，大批河南人背井离乡逃难，还有很多人吃人的事件，惨不忍睹。建国以
后挖井、修渠，有个很出名的红旗渠。但现在黄河水一年比一年干，水渠的水也比以前
少很多。去年去河南，听当地人说因为挖井、修渠大量开发地下水，破坏了生态环境平
衡。这个讲座似乎还是持积极态度的。有关心这方面的朋友可以去听听。
Monday, April 9, 2012 (4:30 PM)
2011-2012 CEAS CHINA COLLOQUIUM SERIES
War, Water, Power: An Environmental History of Henan's Yellow River... 阅读全帖 |
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x*r
发帖数: 11073 | 31 Cheap :)
adj., cheap·er, cheap·est.
1,
a,Relatively low in cost; inexpensive or comparatively inexpensive.
b,Charging low prices: a cheap restaurant.
2,
a,Obtainable at a low rate of interest. Used especially of money.
b,Devalued, as in buying power: cheap dollars.
3,Achieved with little effort: a cheap victory; cheap laughs.
4,Of or considered of small value: in wartime, when life was cheap.
5,Of poor quality; inferior: a cheap toy.
6,Worthy of no respect; vulgar or contemptible: a cheap gangst |
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b*******r
发帖数: 32 | 33 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. economy lost 524,000 jobs in December,
closing out the worst year for job losses since World War II, the Labor
Department said Friday.
Nearly 2.6 million jobs were lost in 2008, with 1.9 million destroyed in
just the past four months, according to a survey of work places. It's the
biggest job loss in any calendar year since 1945, when 2.75 million jobs
were lost as the wartime economy was demobilized.
The unemployment rate rose to 7.2%, the highest in 16 year |
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q**i
发帖数: 174 | 34 1) CNN reported that China has mastered Passive
Coherent Location (PCL) technology that can be
used to monitor stealth bombers/fighters. It works
by monitoring "disturbances" to commercial radio/tv
signals caused by stealth bombers/fighters.
Interesting technology. Do n't know if a) it's
fast enough to be useful to locate the aircraft
in wartime; b) how robust it is against jaming?
2) New York times has an article about uncovering
evidence suggesting a "flat" universe: "flat" being
no space-tim |
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o**********e
发帖数: 18403 | 35 棒子好样的！
When will there be a memorial and US legislating apology for the Japanese
killing 250,000 Chinese villagers for helping American pilots escape (
Doolittle raids)?
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/yonhap-news-agency/1401
It is the first time that the issue has been addressed in U.S. legislation.
The House of Representatives passed the spending bill on Wednesday.
In 2007, the House adopted a resolution calling for the Japanese government
to offer an apology for the wartime atrocity.
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w*******y
发帖数: 60932 | 37 I see Dunham's Sporting Goods:
http://www.dunhamssports.com/weekly-circular/?id=87
has a Sunday / Monday sale on the Russian 91/30. I picked up one two weeks
ago there for a bit more and I'm very happy - a very good condition 1938
with wartime stock. It came with a tools, sling, ammo pouches (2), oil can,
and bayonet.
Realize that these guns have been in storage for 60+ years - it's going to
take some TLC before you go off shooting one of these. It's a lot of fun
bringing these things back to ... 阅读全帖 |
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p***p
发帖数: 559 | 38 I have got fed up with the Anti-Spanish, French e.t.c. position of some of the
American posters on this board. Here is the thought out viewpoint of a very
well qualified American. We need more people of his stature giving advice to
government.
Why Do So Many Americans Remain Quiet About This Disaster in Iraq?
William E. Connolly, The Baltimore Sun
The protest by Cindy Sheehan in Crawford, Texas — while a wartime president
takes a five-week vacation — posed a difficult question. Why was there a
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x**e
发帖数: 315 | 39 J. D. Salinger
A Boy in France
Saturday Evening Post CCXVII, March 31 1945, pages 21, 92
AFTER he had eaten half a can of pork and egg yolks, the boy laid his head
back on the rain-sogged ground, hurtfully wrenched his head out of his helmet,
closed his eyes, let his mind empty out from a thousand bungholes, and fell
almost instantly asleep. When he awoke, it was nearly ten o’clock—wartime,
crazy time, nobody’s time—and the cold, wet, French sky had begun to darken.
He lay there, opening his eye |
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v*******e
发帖数: 3714 | 40 Sternly reminding myself, as I stood on the doorstep of Douglas's lodgings a
week later, that if Shakespeare were mentioned I must count ten slowly before
speaking and then change the subject, I rang the bell and concentrated my
mind on Oscar Wilde. A
dozen eggs and a bottle of brandy made a pleasing impression; once more I
found myself sitting at a table with Douglas and doing justice to the wartime
cakes and scones; and whenever the conversation drifted away from Wilde I
resolutely brought it |
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