Despite his inspiring rhetoric, Mr Obama 's plans for dealing with those long-term obligations have frustratingly vague.

尽管奥巴马的辞令令人振奋，但其解决长期债务的计划则含糊得令人沮丧。

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But none of G.M. 's management miscues was so damaging to its long-term fate as the rich pensions and health care that robbed General Motors of its financial flexibility and, ultimately, of its cash.

但是对于通用汽车的长远命运而言，这些管理上的失误并没有昂贵的养老金和医疗保健那般致命，这些支出让通用汽车的财务丧失了灵活性，最终也丧失了资金。

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We have not adequately advanced priorities like education, energy, science and technology, and health care-all of which are essential to U. S. competitiveness, long-term prosperity, and strength.

我们在像教育、能源、科技、卫生保健等方面没有足够的优势，然而所有的这些对美国的竞争力、长期繁荣和力量都很重要。

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But the most common cause is long-term smoking or years of breathing other people's smoke.

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It's a long-term plan, which can go wrong if you get sick and die in your early 20s.

这是长期的计划，若你在二十几岁生病死去它就会出错。

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Also, they've paid much more than long-term-- well it's not so different.

同样地，股票也比长期债券回报率高-,但不像短期那样差那么多。

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Indeed (as the Center for Security Policy has assiduously documented over the past four years), the Bush practice of "personal diplomacy" has involved one astonishing example after another of subordinating realistic assessments of international problems -- to say nothing of long-term U.S. interests -- to Mr. Bush's strongly-held, but fundamentally misguided, notions.

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Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond ETF ( VGLT) seeks to provide a diversified exposure to the long-term U.S. government bond market.

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He could still be entitled to his long-term incentive plan, which is broadly based on the bank's long-term performance and is worth up to 400% of his salary, if the Barclays remuneration committee awards him one.

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