Chris Davidson of Durham University, who has written a history of the emirate, describes it as a "spongelike economy", designed to absorb foreign money.

达拉谟大学的克里斯·戴维森为这个酋长国撰写了一部史书，把其比作“海绵经济”，即为吸取外资而服务。

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"Marathon migrations for some birds are set to become even longer," said Stephen Willis, a professor at Durham University in Britain and the main architect of the study.

英国达翰姆大学的教授、研究骨干斯蒂芬·威利斯说：“对于一些候鸟来说，马拉松式的迁徙路程将变得更远。”

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Tom Shanks, Professor of Physics at the University of Durham, UK, thinks the experiment is a modern version of Sir Arthur Eddington's historic eclipse expedition.

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The firm has put the plastic work on ice, though it is still being pursued by Monsanto's former partners at the University of Durham, in England, and the University of Lausanne, in Switzerland.

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"If you think about plant and insect interaction, what we have is almost like an arms race between the two, " suggested John Gatehouse, from the University of Durham's Institute of Plant and Microbial Science.

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