But long before Fiedler picked up the baton, the Boston Pops had carved out a niche, bringing light orchestral music to wide audiences.

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Because of the wide spread belief that it was the new deal which saves the country and got us out of the depression.

因为大家普遍都这样认为,是新政,救了美国,让我们脱离经济衰退。

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It's on a low bridge near the water, solid wood planks, nice and wide, hand railings made out of solid wood, and you can cross the bridge that way.

另外一座桥离水面近，实木板材质的，又结实又宽，扶手,也是实木材做的，通过这座桥也可以过河。

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There were some twelve to fifteen different widths of railroads in the Northern states alone by the 1850s, and you could go into one town on a gauge, i don't know, three feet wide but on the other side of town it would come out four feet wide.

在五十年代,单就北方州的铁道,就有十二到十五种不同的轨距,你可能在一条三英尺宽的铁道上进镇,但在另一边出镇时,它变成四英尺宽了

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