For Black Actresses, Few Oscar-Worthy Roles The box office hit The Help won an Oscar for best supporting actress. But Viola Davis, the film's lead actress, was passed over. In fact, only one African- American woman has ever won best actress in a lead...
Role models: people we look up to 31 Jan 12 Tue, 31 Jan 12 Today Paul Ewing is thinking about role models and considering who the people are that we should respect and look up to. We'll hear what makes a role model and sing the song 'Being a friend'....
Turkey Playing Increasing Role in Iraq The U.S. secretary of defense is visiting NATO ally Turkey. He arrived in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after attending a withdrawal ceremony Thursday in Bagdad of American troops all of whom are due to leave by...
英语小测验 TTechnology/Gaming 信息技术/电子游戏 从下面选项中选择正确答案；单击核对答案按钮，核对你的答案. Your score: 0/6 Your score: 1/6 Your score: 2/6 Your score: 3/6 Your score: 4/6 Your score: 5/6 Your sc...
The Role of the Internet 互联网的角色 Insert I can't imagine the world without an internet because there's so many greatthings you can do on it and there's not really any other way to get that muchinformation. Everything I do is online. Yang Li...
Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kuwait several years before the Gulf War. She noted then that women customarily walked about 10 feet behind their husbands. She returned to Kuwait recently and observed that the men now walked several ya...
Science fiction is definitely not pure science, but neither is it pure fiction. This literary genre, argues science fiction writer Ben Bova, stands as a bridge between science and fiction, between reason and emotion. Moreover, science fiction is not...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Istanbul last week is seen as part of Ankara's increasingly active role in the Middle East, after decades of passivity in the region. At the same time, some analysts say, Turkey's ties to the West are...
