Bank robberies in the US take place most often between 9 am and 11 am, on Fridays and in southern and western states, according to the Bank Crime Statistics (BCS) released by the FBI on Tuesday。

美国联邦调查局周二发布的年度银行犯罪报告显示，美国劫匪喜欢在星期五和上午9点到11点之间抢银行，且案发地多在美国南部和西部各州。

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The Academy was created to promote country-western music, a popular American hybrid of country music from the southeastern United States and western music from the western US.

该奖旨在推广西部乡村音乐，其融合了美国东南部音乐和西部音乐两种风格，在美国很受欢迎。

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Yet these days, the opposite problem has sneaked up on us: in the United States and other Western countries alike, it is mostly boys who are faltering in school.

但是最近，与此截然相反的问题却出现了：在美国和其他西方国家，落后的却是男孩们。

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"Vaccination,which we tend to take for granted in countries like the United States or in Western Europe, in fact a lot of us don't even know which diseases we've been vaccinated against.

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The population of the region, which is comprised of eastern and mid-western states is approximately 82.6 million, according to 1999 US census bureau figures.

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