The Miss World Contest began in 1951. It has raised over £100m for children's charities. It is a successful franchise in over 140 countries. But it's a lot of nonsense too, isn't it?
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Hi, students! Today's Weekly Letter has been written by me, Paola, but, for the recording, I've asked my workmate Paul Batkins for his help. Paul is so good at imitating sounds that it would be a shame not to record him for posterity. You'll soon see (or hear) what I mean…
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In December 2003 I predicted that Arnold Schwarzenegger would enter politics and that Bush would invade Iraq. I was correct. This time last year I predicted the death of Pope John Paul II and even foretold the name of the new Pope and the month of his appointment. I was correct again.
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Look at the picture. Do you recognise the boy with the rather tacky seaside background behind him? Add some wrinkles, a white moustache and messy white hair, and you've got him: Albert Einstein.
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We've been scoffing at the turrón, garland and the Baby Jesus in shops now for about a month, but today, Christmas officially begins.
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Alf & Deidrie fell in teenage love. “Love is blind� so they say, and Alf & Deidrie certainly couldn't have seen what was coming. They also say that love makes the world go around. Whether it was love or lust that they fell into, the world was certainly changing…
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It's 5.47pm where we're going…10.47pm where we've come from. The plane's higher than Everest, and oustide the temperature's at minus fifty…
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I love brushing my teeth! I didn't use to. Never will I forget the day the dentist said that I had eight cavities. Not one or two, but EIGHT.
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The origins of the modern day Hallowe'en festival are of course, Celtic.
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Have you noticed what a two and eight the world's in? That's the reason why there are so many people downing pints of pigs at the rubber dub and just rabbiting on and doing nothing about it.
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