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Study Suggests Link Between Long Sleep Times, Cognitive Loss
Study Suggests Link Between Long Sleep Times, Cognitive Loss2021-11-16Scientists have long said getting a good night's sleep is important to your health. The U.S. National Institute of Health says lack of sleep may even increase the risk of impaired brain...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 51（完结）
51.Apri 2003The drought has ended. It snowed at last this past winter, knee-deep, and now it has been raining for days. The Kabul River is flowing once again. Its spring floods have washed away Titanic City.There is mud on the streets now. Shoes squish. Cars g...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 49-50
49.One Sunday that September, Laila is putting Zalmai, who has a cold, down for a nap when Tariq bursts into their bungalow.“Did you hear?” he says, panting a little. “They killed him. Ahmad Shah Massoud. He’s dead.”“What?”From the doorway, Tariq tells her wha...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 47-48
47.MariamBack in a kolba, it seemed, after all these years.The Walayat women’s prison was a drab, square-shaped building in Shar-e-Nau near Chicken Street. It sat in the center of a larger complex that housed male inmates. A padlocked door separated Mariam and...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 45-46
45.MariamI was upstairs, playing with Mariam,” Zalmai said.“And your mother?”“She was . . . She was downstairs, talking to that man.”“I see,” said Rasheed. “Teamwork.”Mariam watched his face relax, loosen. She watched the folds clear from his brow. Suspic...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 43-44
43.MariamUpstairs, in Mariam’s room, Zalmai was wound up. He bounced his new rubber basketball around for a while, on the floor, against the walls. Mariam asked him not to, but he knew that she had no authority to exert over him and so he went on bouncing his...