With a new decade at hand, it's time to close the books on 1999-2009, which will enter history books as the worst ever for stocks by some measures.

全新十年在握，1999-2009年已成史海一粟。在这段刚刚过去的日子里，股市从几个方面衡量都算得上是跌到了谷底，足以载入史册。

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As we close the books on a decade in which the Internet has been used primarily as a marketing vehicle for fundraising, social change on the web is poised for a shakeup.

当我们刚刚合上把因特网当做基本的劝募营销工具那本书的时候，网络的社会化变革已经泰然自若地开始了一场大改组。

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Bookstores that buy an Espresso book Machine will now be able to provide on-demand printing services for any of the close to 2 million books in Google's repository.

购买咖啡印书机的书店可以提供按需打印服务，可以从Google提供的近200万本图书里选择。

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When we close the books on 2008, expect to see A Love Extreme among the year's best albums.

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Friday marked the end of the month and the quarter and more than a few in the market are probably happy to close the books on September.

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President Bush moved to close the books on 2006 Wednesday in a news conference dominated by Iraq and the looming challenge of a Democratic Congress in 2007.

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