Initially, rather than appointing a general contractor to run the project, the corporation decided to manage it themselves.

一开始，公司决定自己管理项目，而不是指定总承包商来运行。

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Initially, rather than appointing a general contractor to run the project, the corporation decided to manage it themselves, despite lack of experience with an undertaking of that scale.

起初，公司决定自己完成这个项目，而不是指定一个普通的承包商来运行，尽管公司缺乏从事这种规模的项目的经验。

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San Diego's municipal code, for instance, requires property owners to maintain landscape and vegetation standards—or face a penalty equivalent to the cost of hiring a private contractor to do so.

例如，圣地亚哥的市政法规要求业主保持景观和植被的标准，否则将面临与雇佣私人承包商来这样做成本相当的罚款。

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says a woman who once worked for a U.S.military contractor and hopes to find similar work.

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The report said the Scottish government brought in a contractor to help analyse the submissions.

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Further, Countrywide hired Marks' Neighborhood Assistance Corporation as a contractor to help thousands more people.

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Hals figures into history as a stylist, but also a contractor to the bourgeoisie.

NEWYORKER: Haarlem Shuffle