In the dozen years it has taken him to get the story made into a movie, the exploits of real scientists have come close to what his fictional characters attempt.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

It's a way of becoming not just close to the real, but also part of some mystical unity.

这是一种不过于接近现实，保留着部分，神秘色彩的方式。

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And the real killer is if we get too close we're even going to have nuclear-nuclear repulsion between the nuclei of the two atoms.

而更致命的是，如果我们靠得太近,我们甚至会有,两个原子核之间的排斥力。

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"Since that time we've really learned that as close as they are to human species, they're not close enough for any real scientific outcomes for drug testing.I think like that" That's Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, she is a long-time animal welfare advocate and serves as director of public affairs, for the Physicians Committee "Over 80 different HIV-related vaccines have worked in chimpanzees but none have proven effective in human beings.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

Right now, we have a Federal Funds Rate of about 3% and an inflation rate of around 3%, so right now the real interest rate is close to 0.

如今,联储局利率是3%左右,通胀率也在3%徘徊,现在的实际利率接近于0

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