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I've heard the news that President Bush opposes ES cell research because human embryos are destroyed in the process of harvesting the cells. Then how come he permitted the bombing of Iraq that killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians? For those who supported Bush, Iraqi lives are less important than ES cells? What is the definition of "human lives" for Americans?

For native speaker of Japanese like me, L and R are hard to pronounce. Foreigners say Japanese use inbetween of L and R. Not only we have difficulty to pronounce, we can't hear them correctly. The following is the list of pairs of the words which we can't distinguish. 1. light, right 2. life, rife 3. lice, rice 4. lip, rip (See the movie "Lost in Translation." There was a funny incident...

I am now listening famous folk songs. The following is the numbers on the CD I have. I bought it at 100 yen(=$1) shop. 1. Carry Me Back to Old Virginia 2. Silver Threads Among the Gold...

I went to see the movie "Shall We Dance?" starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. It was released in US last October. Then now it is shown in Japan. Actually the movie was remake of Japanese...