The 30-year loan first became broadly available by an act of Congress in 1954 and, from then until now, the vast majority of such loans have been issued only with government support.

在1954年一项国会法案之后，使得偿还期为30年的借贷方式才得以广泛采用，然而直到今天，由于众多的投资者不热衷这种长期投资，他们青睐的是采用可调节利率借贷。

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The purchase would be one of the largest by a Chinese-owned energy company that isn’t majority owned by the Chinese government.

这将成为非国有的中资能源公司所进行的最大收购案之一。

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The latest polls conducted by Japan's top newspapers show a majority support a DPJ-led government, while approval ratings for Mr.Aso continue to drop.

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"Because this is where the law can be changed by one decision of the nine judges and make us in unison with the majority of countries of the world who have already decided that killing is not right by the government,".

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But the European Union's reaction to the prospect of the Freedom Party joining a ruling coalition has been hypocritical and wholly disproportionate to Austria's supposed offence in seeking to build a stable government backed by a majority of the voters.

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Labour's bid to delay an increase in fuel duty of 3p a litre planned for January has been defeated in the Commons by a government majority of 48.

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In 2001, many bosses swallowed their doubts about the conflicts of interest inherent in Mr Berlusconi's ownership of Mediaset, which controls the three main private television channels, and about the mass of legal cases outstanding against him, because they hoped that a centre-right government with a substantial majority by some claims, the first such government since the war would pursue a programme of Thatcherite reforms.

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