Robert Congel, a commercial real-estate developer who lives in upstate New York, has a plan to "change the world." Convinced that it will "produce more benefit for humanity than any one thing that private enterprise has ever done," he is raising $20 billion to make it happen. That’s 12 times the yearly budget of the United Nations and more than 25 times Congel’s own net worth.
What Congel has in mind is an outsize and extremely unusual mega-mall. Destiny U.S.A., the retail-and-entertainment complex he is building in upstate New York, aspires to be not only the biggest man-made structure on the planet but also the most environmentally friendly. Equal parts Disney World, Las Vegas, Bell Laboratories and Mall of America -- with a splash of Walden Pond -- the "retail city" will include the usual shops and restaurants as well as an extensive research facility for testing advanced technologies and a 200-acre recreational biosphere compl
A. It is large.
B. It is environmentally friendly.
C. The incentive Congress has given to it.
D. D. Both A and
Robert Congel, a commercial real-estate
developer who lives in upstate New York, has a plan to "change the world."
Convinced that it will "produce more benefit for humanity than any one thing
that private enterprise has ever done," he is raising $20 billion to make it
happen. That’s 12 times the yearly budget of the United Nations and more than 25
times Congel’s own net worth. What Congel has in mind is an outsize and extremely unusual mega-mall. Destiny U.S.A., the retail-and-entertainment complex he is building in upstate New York, aspires to be not only the biggest man-made structure on the planet but also the most environmentally friendly. Equal parts Disney World, Las Vegas, Bell Laboratories and Mall of America -- with a splash of Walden Pond -- the "retail city" will include the usual shops and A. It is large. B. It is environmentally friendly. C. The incentive Congress has given to it. D. Both A and B. [简答题]Commercial Invoice
[简答题]commercial invoice
[单项选择]Who is Robert
A. The man’s uncle. B. The man’s brother. C. The woman’s brother. [单项选择]A. The man was Mr. Robert.
B. Mr. Robert was there. C. The woman found the wrong person. D. The woman met Mr. Robert at the airport. [单项选择]
{{B}}Commercial Vices{{/B}} The commercial vices are gambling, prostitution, and drugs. The appeals of the commercial vices are so strong and widespread that attempts to prohibit them in western democracies have always failed. Even in’ totalitarian regimes with unrestricted police and draconian punishments, such as Islamic countries, there is only partial success. The evils of these vices are threefold: Those who practice them suffer, the criminals who sell them prosper, and the enforcement organizations are expensive, unsuccessful, and often corrupt bureaucracies. Two commercial vices have been accepted as unstoppable but their evils have been minimized by legalization and regulation. These are the particular drug, alcohol, and gambling. The United States attempted to prohibit alcohol and failed. The Mafia made its accumulated capital by bootlegging alcohol. The gangsters of the twenties and thirties were A. the police force could be reduced B. illegal dealers would be forced out of business C. there would be no more drug dealers D. the practices might become a source of revenue 我来回答: 提交
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