It continued the efforts, begun in 1961, by Project OSCAR—a US-based group that built and launched the very first nongovernmental satellite just four years after Sputnik.
它延续了1961年由奥斯卡计划开始的行动。奥斯卡计划是一个总部设在美国的组织，在人造卫星“斯普特尼克”之后仅四年就制造并发射了第一颗非政府卫星。
Skeptics were dismayed several years ago when a group of societies including the American Medical Association tried to end the debate by issuing a joint statement.
几年前，包括美国医学会在内的一些学会试图通过发表一份联合声明来结束这场争论，这让对此持怀疑态度的人感到失望。
By the time I joined Greener Group, they had cleaned the library as volunteers for 2 years.
在我加入绿色集团的时候，他们已经作为志愿者打扫图书馆两年了。
He also noted that the World Bank Group financing for agriculture has increased by 60% over the past six years and doubled in Africa.
他还指出，世界银行集团的农业项目贷款在过去6年增加了60%，对非洲的农业贷款增加了一倍。
The abortion rate in America is at its lowest level for 30 years, according to a new study by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive-health research group.
生殖健康研究所古特马赫新出的一份研究显示，如今美国的人工流产率已经降到了其30年来的最低。
In the third quarter bonds issues by European Banks only reached 15% of the amount they raised over the same period in the past two years, reckon analysts at Citi Group.
据花旗集团的分析师估计，欧洲银行在今年第三季度发行的债券数量仅为前两年同期数量的15%。
Researchers uncovered the power of this approach some years ago by studying a group of college students.
研究人员通过研究一组大学生，揭露出该方法的威力。
For 22 years it has helped people see change in their lives by offering support, affirmation, encouragement and accountability in a small group setting.
22年来，通过一个小团队提供的支持、确信、鼓励和义务，它帮助人们看到了他们生命中的改变。
It certainly beats the old approach of releasing a spec and then having a third party write the test suite several years later (a practice pioneered by the XSLT 1.0 working group).
打破了发布一个规范然后等几年让第三方编写测试套件的老方法(这种方法是由XSLT 1.0工作组倡导的)。
The 30 largest Swiss companies reported earnings growth of 38 percent during the past four years, buoyed by exports from watchmaker Swatch Group AG, Nestle and drugmaker Novartis AG.
据报道，过去四年中，由于手表制造商斯沃琪集团，雀巢以及制药公司诺华股份有限公司的拉动，瑞士前30强公司收益增长率高达38%。
The school, founded by Shaffner and a group of parents, opened three years ago.
三年前，沙夫纳和一些家长们联合筹建了这所学校。
Two years later, a group of wealthy investors spearheaded by Judge Richard Henderson of North Carolina formed the Transylvania Company.
两年后，在北卡罗来纳的理查德.亨德森法官带领下，一群富有的投资者成立了特兰西瓦尼亚公司。
The highest proportion of cases and deaths occurred in age group less than 1 year followed by that in 1-4 years.
最大部分病例和死亡发生在1岁以下年龄组，其次为1-4岁年龄组。
The obscure menswear label is produced by Dayang Group, a clothing company founded by li Guilian, 63 years old, a diminutive farmer-turned-fashion mogul, in northeast China.
这个还不太为人知的男装品牌是由大连大杨企业集团创立的。今年63岁的李桂莲在中国东北开创了这家服装公司，这个个子不高的农村妇女如今已经成为了时尚界的大亨。
The group was founded eight years ago by entrepreneur Jack Ma, and is now China’s leading e-commerce companies.
该集团于8年前由企业家马云(Jack Ma)创建，如今已成为中国领先的电子商务企业。
A similar conclusion was reached by Canadian researchers following a group of 1824 men for a duration of 13 years.
加拿大的研究人员在对1824个人进行了长达13年的跟踪试验后得出了与此相似的结论。
He looked at a group of hedge funds that numbered 331 in 1996 and by 2004, eight years later, 75% of them had disappeared.
他取样了一组对冲基金，是1996年的331支，到8年后的2004年，其中的75%都消失了。
Two years ago Franck Riboud, the boss of Danone, a French food group, was able to whip up a froth of economic nationalism to ward off the mere threat of a takeover by America’s PepsiCo.
两年前，达能集团是法国一个食品集团公司。 公司老板Franck Riboud高喊国家经济主义的口号，就是为了挡住美国PepsiCo公司的接管威胁。
Xitang, a river-side town with a history of more than 1, 000 years, boasts a group of well-preserved buildings from Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty that are unmatched by any other resorts.
西塘是一个具有一千多年历史的水乡古镇，保存完好的明清时期建筑群是其他旅游景点所无法相比的。
The Lagerfeld brand, which was bought by Tommy Hilfiger five years ago, was not part of the $3 billion acquisition announced this week of the fashion group by the American giant Phillips-Van Heusen.
五年前已被Tommy Hilfiger收购的Lagerfeld品牌，此次并不包括在美国巨头Phillips-Van Heusen于本周公布的30亿美元收购该集团的范围之内。
The roads in Mogadishu have been cleared of roadblocks set up by the militant group al-Shabab for nearly two years, allowing Hussein to freely deliver food and construction materials around the city.
阿尔沙巴布武装组织两年前在摩加迪沙道路上设置的路障已被清除，这样侯赛因就可自由无碍地在市内运送食物和建筑材料。
A sample group of 128 school children, ranging from five to 11 years old, was used by the researchers to conduct the study.
研究人员对介于5岁到11岁的128个在校孩子进行了测试研究。
The group has been severely weakened in recent years by a series of successful police operations in Spain and France.
近几年由于西班牙和法国一系列成功的警方行动，组织遭到了严重的削弱。
The incidence of EHEC infections varies by age group, with the highest incidence of reported cases occurring in children aged under 15 years (0.7 cases per 100 000 in the United States).
不同年龄组的肠出血性大肠杆菌感染的发病不尽相同，所报病例的最高发病率发生在15岁以下的儿童中(美利坚合众国每10万病例中占0.7)。
Regulators agreed to hold the meeting after years of complaints from a small group of patients who say their eyesight has been irreparably damaged by the surgery.
一小部分的病人抱怨他们的视力被手术造成了不可挽回的损害。多年后，调整者同意举行一次会议。
Regulators agreed to hold the meeting after years of complaints from a small group of patients who say their eyesight has been irreparably damaged by the surgery.
一小部分的病人抱怨他们的视力被手术造成了不可挽回的损害。多年后，调整者同意举行一次会议。
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