小刘是县长的右手,但不是左臂右膀的右手。只有几位副县长才有资格被叫作县长的左臂右膀,小刘只是一般干部。这地方老百姓在一旁叫领导为舞左手的,那么当兵的自然就是动右手的了。小刘是政府办写材料的,县长大会小会上的同志们加冒号多出自他的手,小刘就是名副其实的右手了。尽管小刘起草的稿子还需政府办向主任把关才算数,但谁都知道这几年李县长真正的右手是小刘。替县长捉刀本是件值得荣耀的事,可右手毕竟只是当兵儿的,所以听别人说他是李县长的右手,他心里的味道也说不清楚。李县长对小刘好像也还满意,但李县长马上要调到别的县任县委书记去了。今天,政府办向主任同几位副主任设宴为李县长送行。小刘给李县长写了几年报告,劳苦功高,也被破格邀请了,这是一种殊荣。气氛自然热烈,大家轮番给李县长敬酒。李县长海量,有敬必喝。况且今天又是什么日子?大家共事几年,不容易啊。李县长不论接受谁的敬酒,都要说几句热...
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The Story of a Bad Boyby Thomas Bailey AldrichChapter OneIn Which I Introduce MyselfThis is the story of a bad boy. Well, not such a very bad, but a pretty bad boy; and I ought to know, for I am, or rather I was, that boy myself.Lest the title should mislead the reader, I hasten to assure him here that I have no dark confessions to make. I call my story the story of a bad boy, partly to distinguish myself from those faultless young gentlemen who generally figure in narratives of this kind, and
Modern Customs and Ancient Laws of Russiaby Maxime Kovalevsky1891Lecture 5.Old Russian Parliaments.In our last lecture we showed what causes produced the riseof monarchical power in Russia, and tried to prove that, powerfulas was the autocracy of the Czars of Moscovy, it was limited bythe political rights of the higher nobility. The exercise ofthese rights was entrusted to the Douma or Council, and similarpowers in matters ecclesiastical were vested in a High...
Tales of TroyTales of Troyby Andrew Lang1- Page 2-Tales of TroyTHE BOYHOOD AND PARENTSOF ULYSSESLong ago, in a little island called Ithaca, on the west coast of Greece,there lived a king named Laertes. His kingdom was small andmountainous. People used to say that Ithaca "lay like a shield upon the...
但是,我还是坚持强调自己所讲的故事与时下流行的寓言是有区别的。这并非证明我比其他人更高明,而是希望获得一种真诚的肯定。 首先,我的故事并非发生在“很久很久之前”,而是在5年前。那些含糊不清的时间概 念,不过是让人产生神秘感,既而夸大书中所阐释的哲理,甚至令人产生一种错觉:这是永 恒的真理——虽然在排行榜不过停留了一个月,就跌落在地,几个月以后就无人问津了。 其次,故事也不是在一个“遥远偏僻的山谷”里发生的,而是纽约近郊——一个喧嚣嘈 杂的都市边缘。我也曾想过将故事的场景放在古埃及、古希腊,甚至中国的宋朝——我欣赏 中国绘画,曾看过一幅意境深邃的古代名画——《独钓寒江雪》。但是,我又不想故作风雅 。...
刘德华是香港艺坛的一种“现象”。这种“现象”涵盖了阳光与潇洒的气度、敬业与奋斗的精神、无私与仁善的品德等诸多元素。如今,“现象”已然成了当代青年追求的路标。 “现象”不是一天形成的。记得刘德华凭借一首《忘情水》红遍中国大江南北时,人们更多的是喜欢他俊朗的外貌与儒雅的亲和力,人们无法从歌兮情感的旋律中领悟到他更深刻的内在与本质。直到那年的春节晚会上,刘德华现象井喷般陡然诞生。 刘德华站到了春节晚会的台上,和他站在一起的,还有一名内地歌手,同唱刘德华那首著名的歌《中国人》。“五千年的风和雨啊,藏了多少梦/黄色的脸黑色的眼,不变是笑容/八千里山川河岳,像是一首歌/不论你来自何方,将去向何处/一样的泪,一样的痛,曾经的苦难,我们留心中/一样的血,一样的种,未来还有梦,我们一起开拓/手牵着手不分你我,昂首向前走/让世界知道我们都是中国人。”...
人口流动给我们带来的挑战中国社会科学院社会学所副所长黄平 2002年02月21日 16:05主持人:会当凌绝顶,一览众山小。圣凯诺·世纪大讲堂,我们知道在欧亚大陆和美洲大陆之间,现在有一条海峡叫白令海峡。但是在很早很早以前,这两个大陆是连着的,那么,从那个时候,亚洲移民,目前我们管它叫亚洲移民,通过这个海峡到欧美大陆去,然后定居为印第安人,他们用了上百年的时间。可是今天呢,我们有了汽车、有了火车、还有了飞机,移民变得非常方便,轻而易举,那这样的情况下,给我们带来了很多挑战,今天,主持人阿忆就给大家请来了,中国社会科学院社会学所的副所长黄平教授,由他给我们带来一个精彩的讲演,这个讲演的名字,叫做“人口流动给我们带来的挑战”。...
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