After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 foreign investors rushed to snap up former state-owned and collective farms.

1991年前苏联解体后，投资者们争先恐后地攫取该国原先国有和集体所有的农场。

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Up to 2,000 former employees have filed personal injury suits against the company.

多达2千名前雇员已对该公司提起了个人伤害诉讼。

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He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former.

他得在放弃工作和放弃原则二者中择其一。他选择了前者。

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And Johnson was president. It was up to this little-known former tailor to make the decisions on reconstruction on rebuilding the Union.

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Outside a former Bank of Montreal building in downtown Vancouver, two long lines snake their way up Granville Street.

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He made that up. It is a lie." Since his defense case began in July, the former president has repeatedly dismissed the prosecution's claims as lies.

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Ahold has built its U.S. presence by buying up former family-run chains.

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While President Clinton apparently blithely provided such guarantees to Belarus when it recently gave up former Soviet nuclear arms on its territory, he must be wary of assuming new, and arguably more callable, guarantees to states like Ukraine without taking the minimum steps necessary to preserve the U.S. nuclear deterrent.

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Ryan said nearly a third of her staff is made up of former clients.

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