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题源：Los Angeles Times  July 01, 2011

标题：L.A. Unified's faulty approach to homework

大意：School districts across the country are revising their thinking on homework. But L.A. Unified has produced a policy that threatens to dumb down standards and tie teachers' hands while still not addressing the key problems.

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题源：The guardian, 19 June 2011

标题：The ghettoisation of pink: how it has cornered the little-girl market

大意：It's the colour of every little girl's dream bedroom, if not her entire wardrobe and all her toys. But is it the ultimate marketeer's magic trick, or are today's little princesses really hardwired for la vie en rose?

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题源：The Economist  Aug 4th 2011

标题：Myriad's gene-patent battle: Gene-uinely unclear

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题源：new york times February 10, 2010

标题：The Great Unemployment

大意：Today’s idea: The Great Recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably just beginning, and its effects will be profound, an article says. We’re looking at a recovery from which a generation of Americans will not soon recover.