／wukong

I would say "small in scale and low in significance", or simply "minuscule and insignificant".

八爷这个比喻有道理。这才是真正高明的“比”。:-) 下面转一篇老毛写给陈毅的一封信。看看这封信就知道老毛懂不懂“比”、“兴”。老毛政治上确是个魔鬼，但何必因此把他其它方面也全盘否定？这里有论者坚持毛不懂诗中的“比”，翻来覆去举的例子就是“沁园春 雪”的下阕，意思是说老毛想用“比”但不会用，其实只要稍微想一下，老毛那几句根本不是以帝王们比喻自己，而是在踩乎那几个帝王，是说那几个帝王都不如他。这种铺陈排比,是典型的赋的写法。随便看看其他的毛诗，“蚂蚁缘槐夸大国，蚍蜉撼树谈何易”不就是“比”吗？

这不是语法错误的问题，而是所谓的miswording。Man不加冠词时就是“人类”的意思。所以如果没有那个“a", Armstrong那句话翻成中文就是“对人类来说，这是一小步；但对人类来说，这却是一大飞跃。”不通。

以胡锦涛谨慎内敛的政治性格，拿掉陈良宇事前应当知会了上海帮老大江泽民，后者至少没有反对。 中国应当学学美国的传统，前任总统一旦下野，即不干预、不评论现任总统的施政。这一点，客观地说江做得比邓好，希望将来胡做得比江更好。

I am also a Fallaci fan. Her straigtfoward, and oft-provocative style was at once unique and powerful, in its own right. During last few years of her life, Fallaci grew increasingly critical of the radical Islamism. She wrote two books in an effort to warn the western world of the possible overtaking by the Islamic culture. She conferred personally with Pope Benedict and was impressed by his outspokenness against Islamic militancy. This has appalled many of her devotees, who saw her as a a lifelong at

八爷好文。

Not really. The Khmer Rouge's goal was to establish what they called a "class-less" soceity, or a communist utopa, by any means necessary, including brutal force and physical elimination.

As far as I know, AG is the only person who has won both Nobel and Oscar. Why does he need the presidency? (But the presidency may need him. Who knows?)