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Preserving Tradition And Innovating Duck Culture - Bejing

B A chef prepares to slice Peking Duck for customers at the Hepingmen store of Quanjude in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2025. Peking Duck, a representative cuisine of Beijing, has won popularity across the world for its golden, crispy skin and juicy, flavorful meat. Set up by Yang Quanren in 1864 in Beijing, "Quanjude", a time-honored brand for Peking duck, has become a must-go for visitors from both home and abroad. In 2008, Quanjude's craft of making Peking Duck was listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritages. The cooking craft of Peking Duck, which has been passed down for seven generations in Quanjude, is mainly used in two steps, preparation and roasting. To ensure the quality of its duck, Quanjude only chooses a type of local ducks which are fed and raised in a special way so that the proportion of the fat in the duck meat is strictly under control. During the roasting procedure, Quanjude uses wood from hard fruit trees and open fire to get a better taste. Meanwhile, the

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Preserving Tradition And Innovating Duck Culture - Bejing

B Wu Yubo shows how to slice a duck at the Hepingmen store of Quanjude in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2025. Peking Duck, a representative cuisine of Beijing, has won popularity across the world for its golden, crispy skin and juicy, flavorful meat. Set up by Yang Quanren in 1864 in Beijing, "Quanjude", a time-honored brand for Peking duck, has become a must-go for visitors from both home and abroad. In 2008, Quanjude's craft of making Peking Duck was listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritages. The cooking craft of Peking Duck, which has been passed down for seven generations in Quanjude, is mainly used in two steps, preparation and roasting. To ensure the quality of its duck, Quanjude only chooses a type of local ducks which are fed and raised in a special way so that the proportion of the fat in the duck meat is strictly under control. During the roasting procedure, Quanjude uses wood from hard fruit trees and open fire to get a better taste. Meanwhile, the chef will also u

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Preserving Tradition And Innovating Duck Culture - Bejing

B A chef prepares to slice a roasted duck at the Hepingmen store of Quanjude in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2025. Peking Duck, a representative cuisine of Beijing, has won popularity across the world for its golden, crispy skin and juicy, flavorful meat. Set up by Yang Quanren in 1864 in Beijing, "Quanjude", a time-honored brand for Peking duck, has become a must-go for visitors from both home and abroad. In 2008, Quanjude's craft of making Peking Duck was listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritages. The cooking craft of Peking Duck, which has been passed down for seven generations in Quanjude, is mainly used in two steps, preparation and roasting. To ensure the quality of its duck, Quanjude only chooses a type of local ducks which are fed and raised in a special way so that the proportion of the fat in the duck meat is strictly under control. During the roasting procedure, Quanjude uses wood from hard fruit trees and open fire to get a better taste. Meanwhile, the chef will

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Preserving Tradition And Innovating Duck Culture - Bejing

B Wu Yubo shows how to slice a duck at the Hepingmen store of Quanjude in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2025. Peking Duck, a representative cuisine of Beijing, has won popularity across the world for its golden, crispy skin and juicy, flavorful meat. Set up by Yang Quanren in 1864 in Beijing, "Quanjude", a time-honored brand for Peking duck, has become a must-go for visitors from both home and abroad. In 2008, Quanjude's craft of making Peking Duck was listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritages. The cooking craft of Peking Duck, which has been passed down for seven generations in Quanjude, is mainly used in two steps, preparation and roasting. To ensure the quality of its duck, Quanjude only chooses a type of local ducks which are fed and raised in a special way so that the proportion of the fat in the duck meat is strictly under control. During the roasting procedure, Quanjude uses wood from hard fruit trees and open fire to get a better taste. Meanwhile, the chef will also u

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China Completes Drilling Of Asia's Deepest Vertical Well - Aksu

This undated picture provided by the Tarim Oilfield shows the microscopic image of a rock slice obtained at a depth of 10,000 meters underground. China National Petroleum Corporation announced Thursday that it has completed the drilling of the deepest vertical well in Asia, as a borehole reached a depth of 10,910 meters in China's northwestern desert, on February 20, 2025 in Aksu, China. Photo by Tarim Oilfield of China National Petroleum Corporation/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Completes Drilling Of Asia's Deepest Vertical Well - Aksu

This undated picture provided by the Tarim Oilfield shows the microscopic image of a rock slice obtained at a depth of 10,000 meters underground. China National Petroleum Corporation announced Thursday that it has completed the drilling of the deepest vertical well in Asia, as a borehole reached a depth of 10,910 meters in China's northwestern desert, on February 20, 2025 in Aksu, China. Photo by Tarim Oilfield of China National Petroleum Corporation/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi eats a slice of Castella Japanese sponge cake during an interval in the women's javelin final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi eats a slice of Castella Japanese sponge cake during an interval in the women's javelin final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi eats a slice of Castella Japanese sponge cake during an interval in the women's javelin final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Japan PM Kishida at tomato farm

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats a slice of tomato at a farm utilizing digitalization to improve agricultural productivity on June 29, 2024, in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. (Pool photo)

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Thrilling dragon boat race in China's Foshan

STORY: Thrilling dragon boat race in China's Foshan SHOOTING TIME: June 8, 2024 DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:13 LOCATION: FOSHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a dragon boat race in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province STORYLINE: Experience the thrilling moments as dragon boats slice through the water, and immerse yourself in the passionate and festive atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival in Foshan, China. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Foshan, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-NANNING-PIZZA STORE (CN)

(240401) -- NANNING, April 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This screenshot shows some food served at a pizza store named Call Me Pizza in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 24, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Slice of pizza helps build China-Italy exchanges bridge" (Xinhua/Huang Qinggang)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240205) -- BEIJING, Feb. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A child bites a radish slice, which is called "Yaochun", a ritual expressing the wish for everything to go smoothly on the day of "Lichun", meaning the beginning of spring, the first solar term in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 4, 2024. (Photo by Zhu Dayong/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-LICHUN-CUSTOMS (CN)

(240204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A child bites a radish slice, which is called "Yaochun", a ritual expressing the wish for everything to go smoothly on the day of "Lichun", meaning the beginning of spring, the first solar term in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 4, 2024. (Photo by Zhu Dayong/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-LICHUN-CUSTOMS (CN)

(240204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A child bites a radish slice, which is called "Yaochun", a ritual expressing the wish for everything to go smoothly on the day of "Lichun", meaning the beginning of spring, the first solar term in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 4, 2024. (Photo by Zhu Dayong/Xinhua)

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EGYPT-SHARQIYA-QARAMOS-PAPYRUS PAPER-HANDMAKING

(240117) -- SHARQIYA, Jan. 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Women slice papyrus stalks at villager Sayed's papyrus papermaking workshop at Qaramos village in Sharqiya province, Egypt, Jan. 16, 2024. The creation of papyrus paper, a significant invention by ancient Egyptians around 3,000 BC, was reinvented by experts last century. Today, Qaramos village, located 100 km north of Cairo in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya, stands as Egypt's sole producer of handmade papyrus paper with ancient techniques. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-SHARQIYA-QARAMOS-PAPYRUS PAPER-HANDMAKING

(240117) -- SHARQIYA, Jan. 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Women slice papyrus stalks at villager Sayed's papyrus papermaking workshop at Qaramos village in Sharqiya province, Egypt, Jan. 16, 2024. The creation of papyrus paper, a significant invention by ancient Egyptians around 3,000 BC, was reinvented by experts last century. Today, Qaramos village, located 100 km north of Cairo in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya, stands as Egypt's sole producer of handmade papyrus paper with ancient techniques. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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BANGLADESH-DHAKA-CHINA-TV PRODUCTIONS

(230908) -- DHAKA, Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guests slice a celebration cake during an event titled "China Festival on the TV Screen" in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 5, 2023. TO GO WITH "Chinese TV productions welcomed in Bangladesh" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHENZHEN-CIIE-PRE-EXPO MATCHMAKING MEETING (CN)

(230829) -- SHENZHEN, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor shows a slice of Iberian ham during a pre-exhibition supply and demand matchmaking meeting for the sixth China International Import Expo in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 29, 2023. A pre-exhibition supply and demand matchmaking meeting for the sixth China International Import Expo (CIIE) kicked off in Shenzhen on Tuesday, building a platform for communications among over 200 enterprises of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and about 60 exhibitors from Intelligent Industry and Information Technology, Food and Agricultural Products and Trade in Services exhibition areas of the CIIE. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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Japan PM Kishida treated to peach

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats a slice of peach produced in the town of Koori, Fukushima Prefecture, during a meeting with the town's mayor at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 24, 2023.

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CHINA-SICHUAN-GEOLOGICAL EXPERT-WU XICHUN (CN)

(230320) -- CHENGDU, March 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in 2011 shows Wu Xichun observing a slice of a fossil sponge with a microscope at the laboratory. Wu Xichun is a professor at the College of Energy of the Chengdu University of Technology and an expert in geology. In the early 1970s, while conducting a geological mapping survey in the northwestern part of Sichuan Province, Wu unexpectedly discovered a reef group formed by Triassic siliceous hexactinellid sponges. Since then, he has devoted himself to the study on sponge reefs for nearly five decades. In order to study foreign literature, Wu mastered English, Russian, and German, and taught himself Latin, Greek, and Old French. He spent years conducting tens of times of on-site investigations at the discovery area to obtain more accurate research results and brought back dozens of pounds of fossils by himself. To clarify the reproduction and migration of hexactinellid sponges, Wu also brought the fossils abroad for more in-depth compar

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CHINA-SICHUAN-GEOLOGICAL EXPERT-WU XICHUN (CN)

(230320) -- CHENGDU, March 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wu Xichun observes a fossil slice of siliceous hexactinellid sponge at home in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 7, 2023. Wu Xichun is a professor at the College of Energy of the Chengdu University of Technology and an expert in geology. In the early 1970s, while conducting a geological mapping survey in the northwestern part of Sichuan Province, Wu unexpectedly discovered a reef group formed by Triassic siliceous hexactinellid sponges. Since then, he has devoted himself to the study on sponge reefs for nearly five decades. In order to study foreign literature, Wu mastered English, Russian, and German, and taught himself Latin, Greek, and Old French. He spent years conducting tens of times of on-site investigations at the discovery area to obtain more accurate research results and brought back dozens of pounds of fossils by himself. To clarify the reproduction and migration of hexactinellid sponges, Wu also brought the fossils abroad for m

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG SPEU-CHINA-COOPERATION

(230308) -- KAMPONG SPEU, March 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers slice ripe mangoes at the Zhong Bao (Cambodia) Food Science & Technology Co., Ltd. in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia on March 7, 2023. Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina said Cambodia and China have solid agricultural cooperation and that Cambodia has exported rice, mangoes, bananas, and longan fruit, among others to China. He noted the RCEP and the CCFTA have injected a new impetus into the development of Cambodia's agriculture. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cambodians get better income as more mangoes enter Chinese market" (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG SPEU-CHINA-COOPERATION

(230308) -- KAMPONG SPEU, March 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers slice ripe mangoes at the Zhong Bao (Cambodia) Food Science & Technology Co., Ltd. in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia on March 7, 2023. Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina said Cambodia and China have solid agricultural cooperation and that Cambodia has exported rice, mangoes, bananas, and longan fruit, among others to China. He noted the RCEP and the CCFTA have injected a new impetus into the development of Cambodia's agriculture. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cambodians get better income as more mangoes enter Chinese market" (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-KAMPONG SPEU-CHINA-COOPERATION

(230308) -- KAMPONG SPEU, March 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers slice ripe mangoes at the Zhong Bao (Cambodia) Food Science & Technology Co., Ltd. in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia on March 7, 2023. Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina said Cambodia and China have solid agricultural cooperation and that Cambodia has exported rice, mangoes, bananas, and longan fruit, among others to China. He noted the RCEP and the CCFTA have injected a new impetus into the development of Cambodia's agriculture. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cambodians get better income as more mangoes enter Chinese market" (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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GREECE-ATHENS-CHOCOLATE FEST

(230212) -- ATHENS, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A pastry chef prepares a slice of a chocolate cake at the 4th Chocolate Fest in Athens, Greece, Feb. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP-WINTER LIFE (CN)

(230112) -- FUYUAN, Jan. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hezhe people slice up frozen fish on the East Lake of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 11, 2023. The Hezhes, one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China, hold various activities to welcome the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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Lawson to use European potatoes for French fries

TOKYO, Japan - A sample of French fries made of European potatoes in place of U.S. ones in short supply is unveiled by Lawson Inc. on Dec. 19, 2014, ahead of their release next January through its convenience stores. Since European potatoes are smaller, Lawson will slice them in rounds instead of putting them into batons.

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PM Noda visits farming community

KAWABA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R) tastes a slice of an apple in a facility selling locally grown farm produce during his visit to a farming community in Kawaba, Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Softbank to launch 15 new mobile phone models by year-end

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28 to introduce 15 new mobile phone models in 64 different colors which his company will launch by the end of this year with special focus on the slimness of handsets and easy Internet surfing. He said the company is hoping to grab a bigger slice of Japan's nearly saturated cellphone market.

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Australia issues stamps commemorating Thorpe's gold medal

SYDNEY, Australia - Australia issued stamps commemorating swimming sensation Ian Thorpe, who smashed his own world record to win gold in the men's 400-meter freestyle on Sept. 16. The 17-year-old world champion clocked 3 minutes, 40.59 seconds to slice 0.74 second off the world mark he set at the Australian Olympic trials in May. Thorpe returned to the pool later in the day to swim the anchor leg as Australia won the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay in a new world record of 3:13.67, edging out the U.S. team by just 0.19 second.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats a slice of pear at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2022, during a meeting with officials of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations' Tottori prefectural office.

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TÜRKIYE-BURSA-MEDICAL TOURISM

(220814) -- BURSA, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish doctor conducts hair implantation for a patient in Bursa, Türkiye, on Aug. 11, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Türkiye's medical tourism eyes larger slice of global pie" (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-BURSA-MEDICAL TOURISM

(220814) -- BURSA, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish doctor conducts hair implantation for a patient in Bursa, Türkiye, on Aug. 11, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Türkiye's medical tourism eyes larger slice of global pie" (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-SECOND CICPE-OPEN (CN)

(220725) -- HAIKOU, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor takes a slice of Spanish ham during the second China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, July 25, 2022. The second China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) opened Monday on the resort island of Hainan. The six-day expo has attracted 1,107 overseas companies and 1,643 brands from 61 countries and regions, as well as over 1,200 domestic brands. The exhibition area has expanded to 100,000 square meters from 80,000 square meters last year, with the international area covering 80 percent of the total exhibition space. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

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Tennis: Osaka ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Naomi Osaka (R) eats a slice of watermelon during practice at Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on July 19, 2021, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics starting later in the week.

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Softbank to launch 15 new mobile phone models by year-end

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28 to introduce 15 new mobile phone models in 64 different colors which his company will launch by the end of this year with special focus on the slimness of handsets and easy Internet surfing. He said the company is hoping to grab a bigger slice of Japan's nearly saturated cellphone market. (Kyodo)

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Australia issues stamps commemorating Thorpe's gold medal

SYDNEY, Australia - Australia issued stamps commemorating swimming sensation Ian Thorpe, who smashed his own world record to win gold in the men's 400-meter freestyle on Sept. 16. The 17-year-old world champion clocked 3 minutes, 40.59 seconds to slice 0.74 second off the world mark he set at the Australian Olympic trials in May. Thorpe returned to the pool later in the day to swim the anchor leg as Australia won the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay in a new world record of 3:13.67, edging out the U.S. team by just 0.19 second.

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Curly Sue (1991)

Alisan Porter Characters: Curly Sue Film: Curly Sue (1991) Director: John Hughes 26 October 1991 Date: 26 October 1991

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Blood & Bone - film (1964)

Kevin 'Kimbo Slice' Ferguson & Michael Jai White Characters: JC (as Kimbo Slice), Isaiah Bone Film: Blood & Bone (1964) Director: Ralph Levy 10 June 1964 Date: 10-Jun-64

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Blood & Bone - film (1964)

Kevin 'Kimbo Slice' Ferguson Characters: JC (as Kimbo Slice) Film: Blood & Bone (1964) Director: Ralph Levy 10 June 1964 Date: 10-Jun-64

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A Slice Of Life film (1954)

Toto & Sophia Loren Characters: The photographer, The girl Film: A Slice Of Life; The Anatomy Of Love; Tempi Nostri (TEMPI NOSTRI - ZIBALDONE N. 2) It 1954, Director: Alessandro Blasetti, P Paviot 16 March 1954 Date: 16-Mar-54

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The Delineator November 1929

Front cover illustration showing an elegantly attired 1920s woman wearing a cloche hat, a fur stole and enjoying a nice cup of tea with a slice of lemon. Date: November 1929

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Kyrgios in Wimbledon 3rd-round match

Australia's Nick Kyrgios hits a backhand slice during his Wimbledon third-round match against Milos Raonic of Canada on July 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Noda visits farming community

KAWABA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R) tastes a slice of an apple in a facility selling locally grown farm produce during his visit to a farming community in Kawaba, Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Excavation of a canal

This site is found to the left of the location of the photo numbered 20-12.All that was necessary was to slice off the surface of the mountainside, but it was a difficult task and the work was delayed. From The Far East January 22, 1872, in the republished edition.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐7‐0]

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Lawson to use European potatoes for French fries

TOKYO, Japan - A sample of French fries made of European potatoes in place of U.S. ones in short supply is unveiled by Lawson Inc. on Dec. 19, 2014, ahead of their release next January through its convenience stores. Since European potatoes are smaller, Lawson will slice them in rounds instead of putting them into batons. (Kyodo)

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Tennis: Nishikori in Wimbledon 1st round

Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a backhand slice during his Wimbledon first-round match against Marco Cecchinato of Italy in London on July 3, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Murray defeats Nishikori to reach French Open semifinals

Andy Murray of Britain hits a backhand slice during his quarterfinal match against Kei Nishikori of Japan at the French Open in Paris on June 7, 2017. Murray won 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(0), 6-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Djokovic moves into French Open q'finals

Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a slice backhand during a French Open fourth-round match against Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain in Paris on June 4, 2017. Djokovic won 7-6(5), 6-1, 6-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo