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Деловое письмо.

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New York City is the most populous city in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the world's most populous urban areas. It is a leading global city, exerting a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment. The city is also an important center for international affairs, hosting the United Nations headquarters.

Bruno Moyen. New York.

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 Ghoti is a constructed example used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. It is a respelling of the word fish, and like fish is pronounced. It has:

gh, pronounced [f] as in tough (or enough);
o, pronounced [i] as in women; and
ti, pronounced [sh] as in nation (or exeption).

The first known published reference is in 1874, citing an 1855 letter that credits ghoti to one William Ollier (born 1824). Ghoti is often cited to support English spelling reform, and is often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, a supporter of this cause. However, a biography of Shaw attributes it instead to an anonymous spelling reformer.

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 Verne, Jules (1828-1905), French author, the father of science fiction.

He  was born in Nantes, France, and ran away to sea at the age of 11.

Verne studied law in Paris, and from 1848 until 1863 wrote opera librettos and plays

In 1850 he wrote a comedy in verse.

Jules Verne  visited the United States in 1867

Laying a carefully documented scientific foundation for his fantastic adventure stories,

he forecast with remarkable accuracy many scientific achievements of the 20th century.

He anticipated flights into outer space, submarines, helicopters, air conditioning,

guided missiles, and motion pictures long before they were developed.

The best-known book ( the best english -mp3 ) is :   20,000 Leagues Under the Sea   ,was written in 1873. 

Verne rode a wave of 19th-century interest in science and invention to enormous popular favor. 

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21 Things To Remember

1. No one can ruin your day without YOUR permission.

2. Most people will be about as happy, as they decide to be.

3. Others can stop you temporarily, but only you can do it permanently.

4. Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have.

5. Success stops when you do.

6. When your ship comes in…. make sure you are willing to unload it.

7. You will never have it all together.

8. Life is a journey…not a destination. Enjoy the trip!

9. The biggest lie on the planet When I get what I want I will be happy.

10. The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.

11. I’ve learned that ultimately , ‘takers’ lose and ‘givers’ win.

12. Life’s precious moments don’t have value, unless they are shared.

13. If you don’t start, it’s certain you won’t arrive.

14. We often fear the thing we want the most.

15. He or she who laughs……lasts.

16. Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints.

17. Look for opportunities…not guarantees.

18. Life is what’s coming….not what was.

19. Success is getting up one more time.

20. Now is the most interesting time of all.

21. When things go wrong…..don’t go with them.

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Top 25 by circulation

http://www.usatoday.com/ - USA Today
http://europe.wsj.com/home-page - The Wall Street Journal
http://www.nytimes.com/ - The New York Times
http://www.latimes.com/ - Los Angeles Times
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ - Chicago Tribune
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ - The Washington Post
http://www.nydailynews.com/index.html - New York Daily News
http://www.nypost.com/ - New York Post
http://www.denverpost.com/ - The Denver Post
http://www.dallasnews.com/ - The Dallas Morning News
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/ - The Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.chron.com/ - Houston Chronicle
http://www.freep.com/ - The Detroit News / Detroit Free Press
http://www.startribune.com/ - Star Tribune
http://www.nj.com/starledger/ - The Star-Ledger
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ - The Boston Globe
http://www.azcentral.com/ - The Arizona Republic
http://www.ajc.com/ - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.newsday.com/ - Newsday
http://www.plaindealer.com/ - The Plain Dealer
http://www.sfgate.com/ - San Francisco Chronicle
http://tampabay.com/ - St. Petersburg Times
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ - The Seattle Times / Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://www.stltoday.com/ - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://www.jsonline.com/ - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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 Papers focused on serious journalism
 

Broadsheet format:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ - The Daily Telegraph (est. 1855) / The Sunday Telegraph (est. 1961) – owned by David and Frederick Barclay – Very

conservative.
 
http://www.ft.com/home/europe - Financial Times (est. 1888) – owned by Pearson PLC. A business-oriented daily. Economically liberal.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/ - The Sunday Times (est. 1822) – owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Centre-Right.

Berliner format:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ - The Guardian (est. 1821) / The Observer (est. 1791) — owned by the Scott Trust; The Guardian switched to Berliner size on 12 September 2005, followed by its sister Sunday paper The Observer on 8 January 2006. Left Wing.

Compact format:

http://www.independent.co.uk/ - The Independent (est. 1986) / Independent on Sunday (est. 1990) – Daily compact from May 2004, Sunday paper from October 2005. Centre-left, liberal views.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/ - The Times (est. 1785) – Daily compact from November 2004. Owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Centre-Right Wing.

Middle-market papers:

http://www.express.co.uk/home - Daily Express (est. 1900) / Sunday Express (est. 1918) — owned by Richard Desmond's Northern and Shell plc; broadsheet until 1977, now published in the compact format. Conservative.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html - Daily Mail (est. 1896) / The Mail on Sunday (est. 1982) — owned by Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust plc; broadsheet until 1971, now published in the tabloid format. Conservative.

http://www.metro.co.uk/ - Metro (est. 1999) — owned by Daily Mail and General Trust plc; distributed free; working towards national status, wide availability in the major cities makes it the UK's 4th highest circulation paper. The Metro enjoys high circulation among users of public transport, with newspapers placed on trains and buses and distributors operating near stations.

Tabloids:

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/home/ - Daily Star (est. 1978) / Daily Star Sunday.

http://www.people.co.uk/ - The People (est. 1881) — owned by Trinity Mirror.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/ - The Daily Mirror (est. 1903) / Sunday Mirror (est. 1915) — owned by Trinity Mirror. Pro-Labour.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/ - The Daily Sport / The Sunday Sport.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ - The Sun (est. 1964) / News of the World (est. 1843) — owned by News Corporation. Right-wing and populist.

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php - The Morning Star (est. 1930) — a socialist newspaper owned by the People's Press Printing Society (an independent readers' co-operative).