It can be a difficult shift. Tingyi says its sugar-free offerings aren't popular yet. 'It takes time for customers to accept it, ' its spokeswoman says.

不过这种转型并非易事。康师傅称其无糖饮品目前的销售情况并不好。公司发言人说，消费者接受这种产品是需要一段时间的。

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Theater owners are not quick to invest a lot of money in devices that might be popular for only a short time.

影院老板不会很快就在可能只会短暂流行的设备上投入大量资金。

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Lam: Why do you think Anita Mui could not keep to be popular in later period? She has been singer for a long time.

林﹕你觉得梅艳芳后期为什么不能保持流行﹖她作为歌星也有很长时间。

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The May Day holiday, a popular time for travel in the country, will be from April 29 to May 1 this year.

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Now would be a good time for Sony to thinking about releasing the next installment of its popular PlayStation console.

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In an opening chapter on how the Middle East plays in American minds, he shows how moments in Middle Eastern history used to be reported in the National Geographic, a popular magazine that at least at one time was a window on the world for millions of middle-class Americans.

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