There came a sound of running feet in the hall below,then: "Muvver!--it's Muvver come back!"

VOA: special.2010.05.15

If I'm using algorithm that I'm now calling merge sort, T the running time involved in sorting N elements, T of N, you know, is just the same as running the algorithm for the right half, plus what's this plus N come from?

如果我用归并排序算法，对N个元素其运行时间，就等于此算法一半元素的运行时间,另一半的运行时间，再加上N，这个N是什么呢？

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has come under strong international criticism in recent months for running a weak and corrupt central government.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28