On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are believed to be the rate that trees grow, as seen in the rings visible in the cross sections of their trunks.

在地球上，人们认为，表明太阳黑子周期最可靠的迹象之一是树木的生长速度，就像树干横截面上可见的年轮一样。

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In reality, the target rate is a ceiling, not a floor; if you turn the cross-rate round, the Swiss want the franc to be worth no more than 83.33 euro cents.

实际上，该汇率目标只是一个上限，而非下限；如果转换为交叉汇率的话，瑞士人希望每个瑞郎的价值不要超过83.33欧分。

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The number of cross-cultural marriages in on the rise. The number of marriages between Chinese people and foreigners is on the increase, but so too is the rate at which they are getting divorced.

目前，我国的涉外婚姻数量不断增多，但与此同时，此类婚姻的离婚率也在不断上升。

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At a press conference this month, state insurance commissioner Dave Jones attacked Anthem Blue Cross for announcing rate hikes averaging 10.6 percent for about 52, 000 of the 250, 000 Californians it covers.

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It begins with a 15% flat rate, but taxpayers who cross certain income thresholds owe more because of the 3.8% net investment income tax, the Pease limit and the Personal Exemption Phaseout, or PEP, a backdoor increase that limits personal exemptions.

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The Philippines, whose sovereign credit rating was upgraded to investment grade by two rating firms over the past two months, has been fighting the so-called hot-money inflows with several measures, including making it easier for locals to take money abroad and lowering a deposit rate for banks that do cross-border business.

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