Sometimes you are at a disadvantage by not having a plan.

有时你因为没有提前规划而陷入困境。

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Because making a speech, and having a plan, are not the same as doing something.

因为发表演讲和制定计划是一回事，真正做一件事又是另一回事。

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Now they threaten a deadly blow to Barack Obama's proudest achievement (the saving of the economy not having gone quite according to plan).

如今，他们给了奥巴马最为自豪的成就重重一击(拯救经济没有完全按计划行事)。

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Ranking Republican member, Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama, accused the Obama administration of not have having a well-conceived plan for the country's banks.

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Perhaps not having a plan is an ideal strategy in a field that's always in flux.

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His other problem, which is common in hobby loss cases was not having a business plan.

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The proposed rule is the direct result of not having such a plan in place when Lehman Brothers failed in 2008.

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