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Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, made his first public appearance since going on medical leave six weeks ago.

苹果公司首席执行官斯蒂夫·乔布斯自6周前休病假以来首次公开露面。

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Baillie first came up with the idea for the virtual cow several years ago, after an injury forced her to leave veterinary practice and retrain in computer science.

柏丽是在几年前有了这个仿真牛的想法的。一次意外使她不得不放弃兽医实践，转投至电脑科学中来。

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And thanks to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- enacted 20 years ago this week -- I had a legal right to job-protected leave.

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Since choosing to leave a 25-year litigation practice by starting a mediation career six years ago, I have spilled thousands of digital words and spoken to, trained and lectured thousands of men and women about the folly of zero-sum games.

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Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon , visited France , seeking to mend fences after he caused upset a year ago by suggesting that Jews should leave France because of anti-Semitism.

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