In the nineteenth century, scientists made a number of important, but unsuccessful attempts to calculate Earth's age from the record of various natural processes.

19世纪，科学家们做了许多重要的尝试，希望通过各种自然过程的记录来计算地球的年龄，但都未能成功。

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Today's Lok Sabha, or House of the People, as India's lower chamber is known, contains 58 women, a record number, but fewer than 11% of the seats.

今天的Lok Sabha或者说众议院，作为印度的下议院，拥有了创纪录的58名女性成员，但这仍然比规定的席位少百分之十一。

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Auto: Shanghai International Auto Parts Expo, which started yesterday, saw a record number of manufacturers attending but a sharp drop in buyers and visitors.

汽车：上海国际汽车零部件展昨天开幕。参展厂商数量创历史记录，但买家和观众数量大幅减少。

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"We're writing a record number of offers, but we're not seeing a record number of closings and that's because it's so competitive, " said Glenn Kelman, chief executive of real-estate brokerage Redfin Corp. in Seattle with offices in 14 states.

WSJ: Stunned Home Buyers Find the Bidding Wars Are Back

There was a case to be made for Djokovic going into the final, not least because he had defeated five-time champion Roger Federer in a dramatic semi-final and had a 7-3 record against Nadal on hard courts, but the world number one is a different animal in major finals.

BBC: Rafael Nadal wins US Open to seal career Grand Slam

Clearwire continues building and adding more cities to its network, but even with its second quarter results showing a record number of new customers (722, 000), it serves less than 2 million customers spread out over a population base of 56 million.

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