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Another Angelo

Lisbon, 25/09/2023 - Another Angelo, illustrator. Another Angelo is the artistic name of illustrator Angelo Raimundo. Born in Monte Gordo, he spent his teenage years living in the Algarve and Geneva, Switzerland. At the age of 35, he lives in Lisbon, a city that has always captivated him. He claims to be versatile, being not only an illustrator, but also a creator of so many other things, such as writing, music and photography.

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Another Angelo

Lisbon, 25/09/2023 - Another Angelo, illustrator. Another Angelo is the artistic name of illustrator Angelo Raimundo. Born in Monte Gordo, he spent his teenage years living in the Algarve and Geneva, Switzerland. At the age of 35, he lives in Lisbon, a city that has always captivated him. He claims to be versatile, being not only an illustrator, but also a creator of so many other things, such as writing, music and photography.

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Another Angelo

Lisbon, 25/09/2023 - Another Angelo, illustrator. Another Angelo is the artistic name of illustrator Angelo Raimundo. Born in Monte Gordo, he spent his teenage years living in the Algarve and Geneva, Switzerland. At the age of 35, he lives in Lisbon, a city that has always captivated him. He claims to be versatile, being not only an illustrator, but also a creator of so many other things, such as writing, music and photography.

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Another Angelo

Lisbon, 25/09/2023 - Another Angelo, illustrator. Another Angelo is the artistic name of illustrator Angelo Raimundo. Born in Monte Gordo, he spent his teenage years living in the Algarve and Geneva, Switzerland. At the age of 35, he lives in Lisbon, a city that has always captivated him. He claims to be versatile, being not only an illustrator, but also a creator of so many other things, such as writing, music and photography.

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China's premier outerwear brand shines at Milan Fashion Week with new collection

STORY: China's premier outerwear brand shines at Milan Fashion Week with new collection DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: MILAN, Italy CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the show of Bosideng's new collection in Milan fashion week 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GAO DEKANG, Chairman and CEO of Bosideng STORYLINE: China's premier outerwear brand Bosideng returned to Milan Fashion Week on Sunday in Milan, the fashion capital of Italy, with a show of new kinds of down jackets. Specialized in the fashion segment and technical and high-altitude clothing, Bosideng is guided by the philosophy of "Versatile Weightlessly Warm Contemporary." SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GAO DEKANG, Chairman and CEO of Bosideng "We hope to take advantage of Milan's global influence in fashion to show Bosideng's advance in fashion creativity, design and research and development in recent years. We also hope to show a more international and fashionable brand image of Bosideng. At the same time, we hope to let the global fash

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VERSATILE TOFU

VERSATILE TOFU==Date:1990, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Chinese scientists achieve de novo artificial synthesis of hexoses from CO2

STORY: Chinese scientists achieve de novo artificial synthesis of hexoses from CO2 DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese Academy of Sciences and scientists 2. various of industrial projects STORYLINE: Chinese scientists have developed an artificial method of synthesizing hexoses from carbon dioxide (CO2) in a laboratory environment -- a key step in the global development of synthetic sugar. The study that resulted in this new method was conducted by the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, both of which are under the umbrella of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The results were published on the website of the journal Science Bulletin on Wednesday. The team said that developing artificial "CO2-sugar" platforms is meaningful to addressing challenges that land scarcity and climate change pose to the supply of dietary sugar. "We present a versatile chemoenzyma

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Int'l dance festival displays cultural diversity in Xinjiang

STORY: Int'l dance festival displays cultural diversity in Xinjiang DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): YU JIAMING, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the dance drama Zhang Qian 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XING SHIMIAO, Director of dance drama Zhang Qian 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MAHIRE EMET, Leading actress of dance drama Zhang Qian 5. various of the fashion show themed "Brilliant Silk Road, Harmonious Coexistence" 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SUN XIUQIN, Designer 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): TAO TAO, Designer 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): TUMARES HEBIBULLA, Spectator of fashion show 9. various of the 6th China Xinjiang International Dance Festival STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YU JIAMING, Xinhua correspondent "Dance is a beautiful and versatile art form that transcends cultural boundaries and brings people together. If you are a fan of dancing, here's something you can't miss. The 6th China Xinjiang International Dance Festival is underwa

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MIDU Booth at 2023 WAIC in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Visitors visit the MIDU booth at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 8, 2023. MIDU, a language intelligence technology company, took advantage of ChatGPT's hot air trend and demonstrated a versatile AI model at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference: in addition to knowledge questions and answers, it can also write public opinion analysis reports, customize personal virtual travel illustrations, customize postcards and poems.

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MIDU Booth at 2023 WAIC in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Visitors visit the MIDU booth at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 8, 2023. MIDU, a language intelligence technology company, took advantage of ChatGPT's hot air trend and demonstrated a versatile AI model at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference: in addition to knowledge questions and answers, it can also write public opinion analysis reports, customize personal virtual travel illustrations, customize postcards and poems.

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MIDU Booth at 2023 WAIC in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Visitors visit the MIDU booth at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 8, 2023. MIDU, a language intelligence technology company, took advantage of ChatGPT's hot air trend and demonstrated a versatile AI model at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference: in addition to knowledge questions and answers, it can also write public opinion analysis reports, customize personal virtual travel illustrations, customize postcards and poems.

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MIDU Booth at 2023 WAIC in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Visitors visit the MIDU booth at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 8, 2023. MIDU, a language intelligence technology company, took advantage of ChatGPT's hot air trend and demonstrated a versatile AI model at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference: in addition to knowledge questions and answers, it can also write public opinion analysis reports, customize personal virtual travel illustrations, customize postcards and poems.

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MIDU Booth at 2023 WAIC in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Visitors visit the MIDU booth at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 8, 2023. MIDU, a language intelligence technology company, took advantage of ChatGPT's hot air trend and demonstrated a versatile AI model at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference: in addition to knowledge questions and answers, it can also write public opinion analysis reports, customize personal virtual travel illustrations, customize postcards and poems.

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MIDU Booth at 2023 WAIC in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 8, 2023 - Visitors visit the MIDU booth at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 8, 2023. MIDU, a language intelligence technology company, took advantage of ChatGPT's hot air trend and demonstrated a versatile AI model at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference: in addition to knowledge questions and answers, it can also write public opinion analysis reports, customize personal virtual travel illustrations, customize postcards and poems.

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Gourmet institute selects coriander cuisine as dish of year in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 6 Kyodo - Various dishes featuring coriander are introduced at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 5, 2016, as a private gourmet institute selected food featuring the versatile herb as the dish of the year, citing its growing popularity in Japanese food culture.

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Honda's new station wagon for 'cool lifestyle' to go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui stands beside a new Airwave 1.5-liter compact station wagon at a press conference in Tokyo on April 7. Honda will start selling the car in Japan on April 8. It boasts an abundant luggage capacity and versatile seating arrangements in Honda's original center-fuel tank layout.

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Honda unveils minivan with 'communication enhancing' layout

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. unveiled the Edix minivan on July 7 featuring a ''communication-enhancing'' seating layout to make it easier for passengers to talk to each other. The 4.29-meter-long Edix, which goes on sale across Japan on July 8 and in Europe in autumn, contains two rows of three seats, and the middle seats slide back to create ''a versatile communication space,'' Honda said.

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Sony unveils format enabling MDs to hold 45 hours of music

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. has developed a mini-disk (MD) format that realizes a recording time of up to 45 hours of music on an MD. The development of what Sony calls the ''Hi-MD'' format (disk at R, audio system at L) marks ''an evolution of the music recording MD format into a versatile recording media that also delivers personal computer data such as images and text file recording capacities, while maintaining playback compatibility with the current MD products and ensuring copyright security,'' the consumer electronics giant said in a press release on Jan. 8.

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Yokohama sign S. Korean star Yoo

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama F Marinos have signed veteran South Korea international midfielder Yoo Sang Chul (in file photo) on a contract running from July 1 through June 2004, officials of the J-League first division side said on June 25. The versatile 31-year-old joined Yokohama in 1999 before moving to Kashiwa Reysol two seasons later and has made a total of 77 J-League appearances, scoring 38 goals.

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Toyota releases new vehicle developed jointly with GM

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho (L) and Mark Hogan, vice president of General Motors Corp. of the United States, unveil Aug. 20 in Tokyo the 1.8-liter Voltz versatile utility vehicle developed jointly by the automakers. Produced in California and shipped to Japan, the Voltz will be available for 1,788,000 to 2,052,000 yen.

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Hagiwara sets national record at short-course championships

TOKYO, Japan - Versatile swimmer Tomoko Hagiwara waves at spectators in Tokyo after setting a national record in the women's 200-meter backstroke on April 1, the opening day of the national short-course championships. Hagiwara, a Japanese representative at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, coasted to victory with a time of 2 minutes, 5.10 seconds, breaking Mai Nakamura's previous record by 1.32 seconds.

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Bright prospect awaits for Bangladesh products made from jute fibres

STORY: Bright prospect awaits for Bangladesh products made from jute fibres DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:55 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of visitors looking at jute handicrafts at the Jute Diversification Promotion Center 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): SHARMIN SULTANA, Entrepreneur 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Bengali): JUTHI KHAN, Entrepreneur 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Bengali): FARUKUZZAMAN BADSHA, Trainer 5. various of jute products STORYLINE: Versatile applications of jute products ranging from ordinary packing material to geo-textiles, apparels, upholstery and many more have ushered in a new era for Bangladesh entrepreneurs. They are optimistic that the coming years hold great potential for the country's jute sector. Both officials and entrepreneurs anchored their hopes on the jute industry as the world realizes the value of this natural fiber with the growing threat of global warming. With the advent of synthetic fibers, Jute fiber was going extinct. But awareness among the people to live en

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Intelligent technologies aid rice production, harvest in NE China

STORY: Intelligent technologies aid rice production, harvest in NE China DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): DAI JINRONG, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YE ZHIFENG, Deputy general manager of Puyang Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): DAI JINRONG, Xinhua correspondent "Now I am in a paddy field in Beidahuang Group, Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. This year, the rice's estimated production of this field can reach around 600 kilograms per mu (0.0667 hectares), which means this farm can really enjoy a rice bumper harvest. Now rice is mature. Sophisticated combines are cutting the rice and separating the grain from the stalks. Let's go and record the whole process." The combine harvester is a versatile machine designed to efficiently harvest a variety of grain crops. It can combine separate harvesting operations including reaping, threshing, gathering, and winnow

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"I want to learn more about Chinese music," says Australian conductor

STORY: "I want to learn more about Chinese music," says Australian conductor DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the touring concert "East Meets West" in Canberra 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GUY NOBLE, Australian conductor 3. various of the touring concert "East Meets West" in Canberra 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GUY NOBLE, Australian conductor 5. various of the touring concert "East Meets West" in Canberra STORYLINE: Guy Noble, one of Australia's most versatile conductors who conducts the touring concert "East Meets West," said he would like to learn more about Chinese music. "East Meets West" concert tour in Australia resumed this year after being postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was hosted in Canberra last Saturday, bringing audience a repertoire of well-known Chinese and Western pieces. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GUY NOBLE, Australian conductor "It's called 'East Meets West.' And I think by meeting each other and by hearing mus

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan (L) attends a training session before departure at Chongqing North Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 2, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan gets ready for work before the departure of a bullet train at Chongqing North Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 2, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan displays her pouch aboard a Fuxing bullet train travelling on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway in southwest China, Jan. 27, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan (L) and a colleague are on their way to work at Chongqing North Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 2, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan sprays lubricant on the wheel of a passgener's travel suitcase aboard a Fuxing bullet train travelling on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway in southwest China, Jan. 27, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan works aboard a Fuxing bullet train travelling on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway in southwest China, Jan. 27, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan gives change to an elderly passgenger who purchased snacks aboard a Fuxing bullet train travelling on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway in southwest China, Jan. 27, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan gets ready for work before the departure of a Fuxing bullet train at Chongqing North Railway Station in Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 2, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan displays the items in her tool pouch aboard a Fuxing bullet train travelling on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway in southwest China, Jan. 27, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan puts a cartoon sticker on the face mask of a little boy aboard a Fuxing bullet train travelling on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway in southwest China, Jan. 27, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-BULLET TRAIN-NOVICE STEWARDESS (CN)

(220202) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Mengfan poses for a photo with a little passenger aboard a Fuxing bullet train travelling on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway in southwest China, Jan. 27, 2022. Born in 2000, Lin Mengfan is a novice stewardess for a Fuxing bullet train on the Chendu-Chongqing Railway. Meanwhile, Lin is serving the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time in her career. In case there is any passenger who needs help aboard, Lin has prepared a versatile tool pouch with her. In the pouch are color stickers for passgengers to mark their luggages, cartoon stickers to please little children, and so on. Lin calls her tool pouch a "Doraemon's pocket," hoping that it could bring convenience and make the passengers feel at home during the journeys. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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Toyota releases new vehicle developed jointly with GM

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho (L) and Mark Hogan, vice president of General Motors Corp. of the United States, unveil Aug. 20 in Tokyo the 1.8-liter Voltz versatile utility vehicle developed jointly by the automakers. Produced in California and shipped to Japan, the Voltz will be available for 1,788,000 to 2,052,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Yokohama sign S. Korean star Yoo

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama F Marinos have signed veteran South Korea international midfielder Yoo Sang Chul (in file photo) on a contract running from July 1 through June 2004, officials of the J-League first division side said on June 25. The versatile 31-year-old joined Yokohama in 1999 before moving to Kashiwa Reysol two seasons later and has made a total of 77 J-League appearances, scoring 38 goals. (Kyodo)

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Hagiwara sets national record at short-course championships

TOKYO, Japan - Versatile swimmer Tomoko Hagiwara waves at spectators in Tokyo after setting a national record in the women's 200-meter backstroke on April 1, the opening day of the national short-course championships. Hagiwara, a Japanese representative at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, coasted to victory with a time of 2 minutes, 5.10 seconds, breaking Mai Nakamura's previous record by 1.32 seconds.

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Honda's new station wagon for 'cool lifestyle' to go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui stands beside a new Airwave 1.5-liter compact station wagon at a press conference in Tokyo on April 7. Honda will start selling the car in Japan on April 8. It boasts an abundant luggage capacity and versatile seating arrangements in Honda's original center-fuel tank layout. (Kyodo)

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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS (UK TV) HUGHIE GREEN with Billy Moore, 'v

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS (UK TV) HUGHIE GREEN with Billy Moore, 'versatile singing and yodelling accordionist.'

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A VERSATILE CUSHION

A VERSATILE CUSHION==Date:Aug, 1971, Place:Kanagawa,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Teguramori reveals U-23 members

Makoto Teguramori, Japan's under-23 national soccer team coach, announces in Tokyo on March 14, 2016 his side's members for their tour of Portugal. Versatile Dutch-based defender Sai van Wermeskerken, born to a Dutch father and Japanese mother, was among the 22 members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to promote 500 specialty local products abroad

Japanese government officials view some of the "Wonder 500" local specialty products chosen from across the country in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. The government will undertake public relations activities abroad from September to promote the 500 products, including a versatile tin product that can be used either as an ash tray or a single-flower vase, in places such as Paris, Hong Kong and New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsushita to release world's largest flat-panel TV

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will release possibly by the year-end a 103-inch plasma display panel TV (photo) whose monitor size will make it the world's largest flat-panel TV. The versatile display, measuring as large as 2.3 meters in width and 1.3 meters in height, is almost comparable in size to a double bed. (Kyodo)

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Appaloosa horse breed, Equus ferus caballus, cowboy, saddling, saddle

The Appaloosa, a horse breed best known for its colorful leopard-spotted coat pattern, is one of the most popular breeds in the United States as a stock horse used in a number of western riding disciplines, and a versatile breed for many other types of equestrian activity, October 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Appaloosa horse breed, Equus ferus caballus, cowboy, saddling, saddle

The Appaloosa, a horse breed best known for its colorful leopard-spotted coat pattern, is one of the most popular breeds in the United States as a stock horse used in a number of western riding disciplines, and a versatile breed for many other types of equestrian activity, October 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Appaloosa horse breed, Equus ferus caballus, cowboy, saddling, saddle

The Appaloosa, a horse breed best known for its colorful leopard-spotted coat pattern, is one of the most popular breeds in the United States as a stock horse used in a number of western riding disciplines, and a versatile breed for many other types of equestrian activity, October 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Appaloosa horse breed, Equus ferus caballus, cowboy, saddling, saddle

The Appaloosa, a horse breed best known for its colorful leopard-spotted coat pattern, is one of the most popular breeds in the United States as a stock horse used in a number of western riding disciplines, and a versatile breed for many other types of equestrian activity, October 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Appaloosa horse breed, Equus ferus caballus, cowboy, saddling, saddle

The Appaloosa, a horse breed best known for its colorful leopard-spotted coat pattern, is one of the most popular breeds in the United States as a stock horse used in a number of western riding disciplines, and a versatile breed for many other types of equestrian activity, October 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Appaloosa horse breed, Equus ferus caballus, cowboy, saddling, saddle

The Appaloosa, a horse breed best known for its colorful leopard-spotted coat pattern, is one of the most popular breeds in the United States as a stock horse used in a number of western riding disciplines, and a versatile breed for many other types of equestrian activity, October 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)