"Since they can't sell you another funeral down the road, they end up charging more," says Joshua Slocum, executive director of the funeral Consumers Alliance, an industry watchdog group.

“因为这是个一锤子买卖，他们得收更多钱，”约书亚·斯洛克姆，一个行业监查小组，葬礼消费者联盟的执行总监说。

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AT the NATO summit in Bucharest last April, Ms Merkel stood most visibly against American pressure to grant a Membership Action plan-a road-map to join the alliance-to Ukraine and Georgia.

在今年四月布加勒斯特召开的北约峰会上，美国要求准许乌克兰和格鲁吉亚加入北约成员行动计划(Membership Action Plan)(这一计划是加盟北约的路线图)，而默克尔则旗帜鲜明地站在了反对美国这一施压行为的一边。

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On the other hand, it is remotely possible that this full moon may bring a breakup if you've been feeling that this alliance is not one for the long road ahead.

另一方面，这可能很遥远，这次满月会带来一次分手，如果你感觉到这个结合不是长久之计。

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Further closures are expected later this year at Wilton Street, St Georges Road and Alliance Lane.

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Earlier this month the outgoing commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, Gen John Allen, insisted the alliance is on the road to winning the war.

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But America is, by definition, an alliance of ecosystems, and some regulations of road travel (like seat-belt rules) are administered state by state.

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