People and community groups just read or heard about the program and stepped up to the plate.

人们和社区组织只是了解到有这一行动计划后便自发地慷慨解囊。

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Even though few Japanese ever sit down to a plate of whale sashimi, they still resist viscerally the idea that the international community could force Japan to stop whaling.

即使只有极少数日本人要吃鲸鱼刺身，日本仍然会本能地抵制国际社会在停止捕鲸方面的要求。

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As a plate of rare small-Dudong villa community, the chamber Van Gogh villa design reasonable, modest size, the chamber is now, a high utilization rate.

作为板块内稀有的小独栋纯别墅社区，梵高别墅的房型设计合理、面积适中、房型方正、利用率高。

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"Now the international community needs to step up to the plate and help the United States finish the job, " Hastert said.

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The private sector and community leaders are also stepping up to the plate alongside the federal government.

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Finally, heavy hitter Corning Inc. (GLW) will step up to the plate tomorrow morning, with the brokerage community looking for earnings of 44 cents per share.

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