The skipper pushed the boat hard, creating a broad white backwash at our stern.

船长加快船速，使得船尾产生一片宽大的白色逆流。

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Her father was stern and hard to please.

她父亲苛刻，不易讨好。

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"The first is the hard-nosed, tough, demanding perfectionist," says Stern. "they can be difficult to work with, but they will listen to reason because they're all about doing the best job they can."

“第一类是死硬，强硬，要求完美主义”，Stern说，“很难与他们共事，但他们愿意听取事情前因后果，因为要做到最好。”

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The biggest problem, adds Mr Stern, is that markets find it hard to insure against rare, unpredictable but catastrophic events such as an explosion in a pipeline or a terrorist attack or the fire that shut down Rough.

ECONOMIST: Natural gas

Stern through an emphasis of the union, could have made it where the union set up hard cord savings accounts for players , taking from their salaries and thus giving alot of players a better fiscal safety net.

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