Mass travel was an expression of the industrial wealth and imperial confidence of the 19th-century British. Advances in technology made it possible.

大规模的旅行是19世纪大不列颠工业财富和帝国信心的象征，而技术上的进步使旅行成为可能。

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Also hurting Asian markets were new figures showing Japanese consumer confidence falling to a record low, while India's industrial output posted its first annual drop since 1995.

其它令亚洲股市遭受打击的消息包括日本消费者信心降至创记录的低点，以及印度工业产出报1995年以来的首次年度同比下降。

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Its final sentence says (" high confidence ") that Iran has the scientific, technical and industrial capacity eventually to produce nuclear weapons if it chooses.

报告的最后结论是，伊朗在科学、技术以及工业制造等方面的能力均已具备，只要它愿意的话，即可最终制造出核武器。

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Industrial confidence reached new lows in August, driven by a significant decline in China, further weakness in the U.S., and the status quo in Europe: lousy.

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That improved macroeconomic confidence drove inflows into industrial metal ETPs, led by demand for copper, he said.

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With his political and intellectual nous, Mr Strauss-Kahn keenly understood the power of political symbolism, ensuring that gestures to the left such as the 35-hour week also served his ends: improving industrial relations, and boosting consumer confidence.

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