Had John Baird not invented TV, a good many kids wouldn't know how to spend Saturday evenings.

如果当时约翰·贝尔德没发明电视的话，现在很多小孩不知如何度星期六晚上了。

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Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird strides to the podium. His cotton suit is as befitting the heat of a Benghazi afternoon as his rebel lapel pin is of the occasion.

加拿大外长约翰·贝尔德大步走上讲台，他穿的棉质西装很适合班加西下午的窒热天气，这跟他为这个场合佩戴反对派标志的别针一样合适。

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Foreign Minister John Baird was the first foreign dignitary to be welcomed to the state department by Mr Kerry since he took office last week.

BBC: John Kerry refuses to speak French at news conference

Not John Baird, Canada's combative minister of the environment.

ECONOMIST: Trying again on emissions policy

John Baird, the Canadian environment minister, referred this week to the American move when he unveiled new proposals to reduce industrial emissions in Canada, including the oil sands, by 20% by 2020.

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