Sales plummeted in America to levels last seen in the early 1970s-almost 40% below their highest point.

美国的销量下降到在上世纪70年代早期的水平，低于峰值销量大约40%。

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Over the last twenty five days across the media -- with several notable exceptions -- we've seen elites point fingers, chuckle and play punch the hippy while covering the Occupy Wall Street protests.

过去二十五天里，在媒体上——除了一些明显的特例——我们看到，在报道占领华尔街时，精英们指责、嘲笑，还play punch the hippy（译注：还有个说法是hippie punching，不明白什么意思）。

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The Bank of England, meanwhile, reduced its key rate by a full point, to 2% -- a rate last seen in 1939.

与此同时，英国央行(BOE)将基准利率下调了一个百分点至2%，为1939年以来的最低水平。

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In fact, according to new numbers released in February, the gender wage gap widened by slightly more than a percentage point in 2012 back to levels last seen in 2005.

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The September data shows that 5, 900 more people are employed in the legal sector now than were at the same point last year, and that the industry has seen a net gain of 2, 900 jobs since the start of 2012.

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Data from the WMAP probe was seen as a major confirmation of this last point when it was first made public in 2003.

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