Pro: If the Olympics awards equestrian riders MEDALS for prancing pleasantly around a track on a horse, why not let stock car racers go for the gold at 180 miles an hour?

赞成：既然奥运奖杯允许马术选手在马背上悠闲地绕着圈走来走去然后捧走，为何就不准赛车以180公里的时速争夺冠军？

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She said she had started to play in church where she and her grandmother had to walk over two miles, and that she had then played in school, had won many awards and a music scholarship.

她说她开始在教堂演奏时，她和祖母要走两英里多的路程才能到教堂，后来她在学校演奏，赢得过许多奖项，还得了音乐奖学金。

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Delta, United, American, Southwest and Alaska were all over 7.5% of revenue passenger miles with awards. (A revenue passenger mile, or one passenger flying one mile, is the standard measure of traffic for airlines.) Alaska was best at a hefty 9% of revenue passenger miles on frequent-flier awards.

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Many airlines have tried to improve availability, realizing that awards miles bring in billions of dollars, and that a reputation for being stingy with miles can risk losing customers, according to the Wall Street Journal, which published a story outlining the changes in the survey numbers.

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The American Airlines card allows members to travel to select destinations in the U.S. and Canada with fewer miles via its Reduced Mileage Awards program.

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