Still, over a long stretch of time, some did pose questions.

虽然如此，在如此长的一段时间里，还是有人提出过质疑。

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But while this courage can get you going, it can't keep you going over a long stretch of time.

这种勇气能使你开始，但它不能使你长时期坚持做一件事情。

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The world is a small thing. A tiny dot in a galaxy, in a universe, in a long long stretch of time.

这个世界是件小事儿，在银河系里，在漫漫宇宙里，在延绵不断的历史长河里，它只不过是一个小点而已。

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Because the Mycenaean centers all reveal for that stretch of time that they're scared. The proof of it comes from strengthening their already quite strong walls in almost all the sites that we see, and also--this is a very important fact.

因为在迈锡尼文明的中心,有迹象表明在一段时期,他们受到了威胁,这样说的证据是,我们发现的几乎所有的遗迹,都在本就很坚固的城墙上继续加固,而且,这是一个很重要的史实

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One of the big arguments that is part of this story is when did this development of new way of fighting come about; rather quickly, over a matter of a few years, or did it stretch out over quite a long time.

人们对此最大的争议就在于,这种新型战斗方式是何时为军队所用的,是在短短几年内迅速发展起来的呢,还是在很长的一段时间逐步形成的呢

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Over the same stretch of time following the early 1990s recession, incomes had recovered by 8%.

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The lowest quintile, meanwhile, faces a mass exodus when looked at over a reasonable stretch of time.

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With that mantra Neff beat the market by three points a year, an extraordinary accomplishment given the stretch of time over which it occurred.

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