We can not stop the pace of others, but we can speed up their growth rate;

我们不能阻止别人前进的步伐，但我们可以加快自己成长的速度；

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Some progress in liberalizing markets was made, but not enough to stop Italy's GDP growth rate during 2001-10 from being the 180th worst in the world, just ahead of Haiti's.

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Rajoy and his Industry Minister Jose Manuel Soria hope that this plan, once passed by Parliament, will not only stop the growth of their daunting energy deficit, but also rebuild some confidence lost over the past year.

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