The descent lands ex-bureaucrats in positions at thousands of semi-public associations which, as we reported earlier this month, together receive as much as $40 billion annually.

正如我们本月早期的报道，“空降”机制将退休官员安置到数千个半官方机构的各个岗位上，这些机构每年共获得多大400亿美元的补助。

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Take a step back and look at things from a quarterly, semi-annually, and annual basis.

后退一步，以季度、半年和年度为基础来看待各种问题。

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We give bonuses semi-annually.

我们半年发一次奖金。

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While most Americans are used to quarterly dividends, many overseas countries pay their dividends only semi-annually which makes holding them harder.

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The most common format is semi-annually (or two payment s per year).

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Also, he is prohibited from exercising discretionary trading authority in Maine and his supervisor must make at least 10 follow-up calls semi-annually to his Maine customers.

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