While my American and London friends have given up cigarettes and vacations, and some of them are losing their homes and jobs, I watch the French in action.

在美国人和伦敦的朋友们放弃了香烟和度假之际——这其中不乏失业并且失去房子的人——我看见法国人在行动。

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Village officials were told to guarantee that households under their watch supplied the standard answers, and were warned they would lose a cash deposit and even their jobs if something went wrong.

村长被要求保证在他管理下的村民回答标准的答案，被警告如果这儿出了乱子他们会丧失存款或者工作。

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Apple users will get to watch live today as the company, at an event presumably led by CEO Steve Jobs, announces new services and products.

——苹果(Apple)用户将在今天观看在这场应该由史蒂夫·乔布斯主持的发布会上苹果公司发布新服务和新产品。

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We can either facilitate their stay in the country so they can work for U.S. companies, innovate and create new jobs, or watch them go back to their home countries and innovate for our competition.

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You cannot watch Steve Jobs unveil the iPhone in 2007 without wanting to blow up your standard PowerPoint (for the record Jobs uses Apple Keynote software but his presentation techniques apply to both PowerPoint and Keynote).

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Counter to public opinion, more jobs are saved under the watch of private equity firms.

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