The commission was created in 1946 to control the market for whale oil and later took on the duty of protecting whales from being hunted to extinction.

该委员会成立于1946年，以控制鲸油市场为目的，后来担负起保护鲸类不被捕杀灭绝的责任。

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Therefore,I would like to conclude by saying that children in China should take on the duty to provide housing,food and most of all,love for their parents.

最后一段是结束，因此说，中国的孩子应该担负得起父母，应该给他们提供吃的，给他们提供的东西。

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It reminds me of my days on the rifle range preparing for duty in Vietnam.

这使我回想起在射击场上训练准备去越南服役的那些日子。

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He was on duty when the passenger ship Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean in nineteen twelve.

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It's always Milton's duty - this is the reason that he was put on this earth: to liberate a people from any such constraining customs.

弥尔顿的使命是,-他是为此才诞于世上：,将英格兰民族从所有抑制人的传统中解放出来。

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they can be found to have breached their fiduciary duty, I'm on the hedge fund side and against the sort of company management side.

他们可以被发现存在渎职行为，我站在对冲基金的阵营上并且反对,公司管理的主张。

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The assault on the individual mandate is really an assault on the public duty to assist other Americans in need, and in particular, an assault on the legal obligation to pay taxes to contribute to the general welfare.

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King, who bought the targets on the Internet, and other officers at the training site were on duty at the time, the affiliate said.

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But Schapiro has been sitting on the fiduciary duty rule for years.

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