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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose BierceSet during the American Civil War, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" is Bierce's most famous short story. It was first published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1890. It then appeared in Bierce's 1891 col...
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How to be a better loser
We are our own worst critics, and that’s shown the most whenever we experience failure and become losers. Yes, for some of us, there is that introspection element about what we could do better, but there is still that part where we could slip into a pity party...
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外刊精读| 年轻人为什么总想逃避一切
Para. 1Today’s teens drive less — just 25 percent of 16-year-olds in 2020 had a license, as compared with 50 percent in 1983 — and work less, with the share of teens participating in the labor force having declined 17 percentage points since 2000. In short, te...
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外刊精读 | 空腹喝咖啡伤身体吗？
Researchers have been investigating the benefits and harms of drinking coffee, especially as they relate to the gut, since the 1970s, said Kim Barrett, a professor of physiology and membrane biology at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, an...
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This True Definition of Success Can Make You Happier
Back in my corporate days, a coworker once told me about his career goal. It was to one day find a job in which he could finally be himself. That was all that he had wanted. He had no clear income goal. No corner office goal. No Chief Muckety-Muck goal. No &qu...
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How to stop mindlessly scrolling on social media
Apps play tricks on you to turn an activity into a habit.Snapchat and Wordle encourage repeat use with “streaks,” or bragging rights for how many consecutive days you’ve used the apps.You might feel motivated to take a walk to close your Apple Watch’s digital...