They suffered many humiliations in those dark days.

在那黑暗的年月，他们受过许多屈辱。

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In fact, I have kept a souvenir of those days: a dark green hexagonal glass spittoon that is now a very original flowerpot.

事实上，我还保留着那些日子的一个纪念品：一个深绿色六角形的玻璃痰盂，现在是一个非常别致的花盆。

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Then, add the compliment to your positive feedback journal, which you should keep in a handy place for quick reference on those dark days when negativity threatens to envelop you.

然后，把这些赞美填加到你记录积极反馈的日记簿里，让这个日记簿放在随手可及的地方，以便在那些消极情绪笼罩的暗日里即时翻阅，为自己打气。

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Effectively, in those dark days, there was no interbank lending.

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In-car navigation, voice recognition, and MP3 support were still the stuff of science fiction in those dark days (particularly at the four-digit asking price), and the whole thing was doomed to a geeky, spendy niche.

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Cisco's IPO in 1990 was the spark in those dark economic days that lit the present boom.

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