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Harold Evans’s newspaper memoirs
哈罗德•埃文斯（Harold Evans）办报回忆录

A golden age
黄金时代

Sep 17th 2009
From The Economist print edition


My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times. By Harold Evans. Little, Brown; 528 pages; $27.99 and ￡25. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk

《我的报业人生：追忆似水年华》，哈罗德•埃文斯（Harold Evans） 著，Little, Brown出版，528页，27.99美元或25英镑。可从Amazon.com，Amazon.co.uk购买。
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Skellig Michael
斯凯利格·迈克尔岛

An Irish riddle wrapped in a mystery
一个来自爱尔兰的难解之谜

Sep 10th 2009
From The Economist print edition

An unholy row may yet shed light on a unique Christian monument

争吵也能把问题说明白？一个独一无二的基督教建筑可以证明
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The California dream

加州之梦

How it was back then
曾几何时

Aug 6th 2009
From The Economist print edition

Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance 1950-1963. By Kevin Starr. Oxford University Press; 576 pages; $34.95 and £19.99. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk

《金色之梦：加州，在那物华天宝的年代（1950-1963）》 凯文•斯塔尔著，牛津大学出版社，576页，售价：$34.95（£19.99），购买请登录Amazon.com和 Amazon.co.uk
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A biography of Friedrich Engels 弗里德里希·恩格斯之传

A very special business angel  

   商贾“天使”恩格斯

Aug 13th 2009
From The Economist print edition

The self-effacing friend who enabled “Das Kapital” to be written
这名谦卑的马氏伙伴为《资本论》的问世铺平了道路

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Iraq’s children
伊拉克儿童

Saving the orphans
救救孤儿们
Jun 4th 2009
From The Economist print edition

                                                                                   Panos

BLESSED with courage, humanity, a Lebanese background and the support of a British newspaper, Hala Jaber had the credentials to spell out the true ugliness of “collateral damage” in the Iraqi war. When the Sunday Times, among other newspapers, established a fund to help injured civilians, Ms Jaber and her photographer husband Steve set out to find stories that would pierce hearts and empty wallets. It was an all too easy commission.

Hala Jaber完全有能力和资格揭露伊战对平民的伤害中所蕴含的真实的丑恶性，因为她不仅有着黎巴嫩的背景，并富有勇气和人性，还得到了英国报纸的支持。星期日泰晤士报，和其他报纸一起成立了一个基金会帮助受伤的平民，Jaber女士和他的摄影师丈夫史蒂夫出发寻找刺痛心灵和倾尽钱财的故事。实在是一个太简单的任务。

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Isaiah Berlin
以赛亚•伯林

Centennial impressions
百年印象

Jun 4th 2009
From The Economist print edition

WHEN the late Isaiah Berlin was knighted, a friend joked that the honour was for his services to conversation. The distinguished theorist of liberalism was indeed a brilliant talker and feline gossip. Readers of Berlin’s letters will find that same bubbling flow of malice, wit and human insight on the written page.

已故的以赛亚•伯林当年受封为爵士时，一位朋友曾调侃道，这一荣誉是为了表彰他对聊天事业所作的贡献。这位自由主义的杰出理论家确实堪称一名才华横溢的健谈者和狡黠诡异的八卦客；而伯林信笺的读者将在纸上发现同样翻滚奔流的恶念、智趣与人性洞察力。
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The Hergé museum
埃尔热博物馆

Totally Tintin
丁丁的世界

May 28th 2009 | LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE
From The Economist print edition

Celebrating one man and his dog
纪念一个人和一条狗


Champagne opening
开香槟

A SPECTACULAR new museum dedicated to Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi, who created the comic-book hero Tintin, opens in the Belgian town of Louvain-la-Neuve on June 2nd. The museum, a fine addition to a somewhat drab skyline, is best seen at nightfall or under grey skies, says its architect, Christian de Portzamparc. In murky conditions, the building’s structure of angled white planes glows from within, offering glimpses through huge windows of an “imagined landscape” inside.

纪念比利时漫画家埃尔热（乔治·雷米的笔名）的博物馆将于6月2日在比利时新鲁汶（Louvain-la-Neuve）对外开放。埃尔热塑造了一位漫画英雄——丁丁。博物馆的设计师克里斯蒂安·德·波特赞姆巴克（Christian de Portzamparc）介绍说，博物馆为有些单调的天际增添了一抹亮色，它在傍晚和阴天时尤为迷人。建筑由倾斜的白色平面构成，天色阴沉时会从内部发亮光，通过大玻璃窗可以看到里面“幻想世界”。
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Chinese history
中国历史

The man who lost China
失去中国之人

May 7th 2009
From The Economist print edition

History may have judged Chiang Kai-shek too severely
历史对蒋介石的裁决或许过于严厉了

Corbis

IN IMPERIAL China, overthrown rulers were ill-treated in the official histories written by the dynasty that succeeded them. They were blamed for all the evils that justified the transfer of the mandate of heaven. Today, not all Chinese history is written by its latest winners, the Chinese Communist Party. But its victory certainly colours views of the Republican period that preceded the revolution.

在封建时代的中国，被推翻的统治者在下一朝编纂的正史中往往受到不公正的评价。他们被指责要为所有的罪行负责，而这些罪行则证明了天赋之君权易手的合理性。今天，并非所有的中国历史都是由最近的胜利者中国共产党编写的。但是中共的胜利无疑还是歪曲了人们对解放前的民国时期那段历史的看法。

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