Despite a slow start at the beginning of the eighties, global economic output increased by more than a fifth during the decade.

尽管在80年代初起步缓慢，全球经济产出在这十年中增长了百分之二十以上。

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Those respondents who remained single had a steady, but slow growth in wealth, from less than $2,000 at the start of the surveys up to an average of about $11,000 after 15 years.

对于至今保持单身的人，他们的财产增长平稳，但速度缓慢。 调查开始时，他们的财产不到2000美元，15年后达到1.1万美元；对于始终保持婚姻的人，他们的个人财产在婚后迅速增加，10年间达到4.3万美元，年平均增幅为16%；而看看那些结了婚又离婚的人，他们的财产在新婚后几年中有缓慢增长，但在正式离婚约4年以前就开始逐渐下降。

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Start slow with forward bends and calf stretches, move on to pigeon pose and plow at the end.

开始时缓慢的前倾伸展和小腿伸展，然后摆出鸽子的姿势再是犁头的姿势。

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That could slow sales at the start of the all-important spring-buying season.

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With the battle-weary Dragons having lost five in a row and Connacht having little to play for, the slow start at Rodney Parade could have been predicted.

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The club did have a painfully slow start at the new park, turning in losing seasons in their first six years, including the historically awful 2002 and 2003 seasons (106 and 119 losses respectively).

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