Our textile and steel companies never worried about imports, as there weren' t any to speak of.

我国纺织公司和钢铁公司一点儿也不担心进口货，因为那时根本就没有什么进口货可言。

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After all,the influence of drugs at the concert led to the saying that if you can remember Woodstock, you weren't there.

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Humans suffered as a consequence from nutritional deficiencies in almost all parts of the world because there weren't complete diets.

几乎全世界的人们都饱受营养不良的困扰,因为他们没有平衡的食谱

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And in the--from 1989 to 2006 there was a pretty significant decline, but even in 1989 the numbers weren't very high.

我们看到,从1989到,2006年有个很明显的下降,但是即使是在1989年这个数字也不高

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Such destructive norms couldn't be sustained if there weren't people anointed to enforce rigid adherence to them.

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We wouldn't be in business for 94 years if there weren't a real benefit.

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We didn't discover until after it was too late that there weren't enough provisions focused on accountability of the funds, as well as mandates to ensure banks didn't sit on the cash to buy other banks but instead used it to open up the credit lines.

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