It did not matter that the company was left owing far more than it was worth, just as many people profited from the mortgage business while many homeowners found themselves underwater.

不管前者创多少价值都和公司本身没有什么关系，就像很多人从抵押贷款业务中大赚，而很多私房户主却处于水深火热中。

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In 1988, Haizi left Beijing in the company of friend, we knew the psychological background of the far travel, he yearned to flee, actually was to escape.

1988年，海子与友人结伴离开北京，我们知道他那次远行的心理背景，他渴望逃离，实则是为了逃避。

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And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night: and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

夜间又和自己的仆人分队袭击，将他们击败，直追至大马士革以北的曷巴。

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Of course, he also probably generated a major lawsuit that left the company liable for far more than the cost of a severance.

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After four years of misery, Weill left the credit-card company and began to forge a comeback that would eventually be far more grand and imposing.

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