On 20 April 2010, an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico left a dozen workers missing, several more critically injured and started a large fire that was still churning out smoke days later.

2010年4月20日，墨西哥海湾的一个钻塔爆炸，十几个工人下落不明，几个重伤，并且引发了大火。几天后，这场大火仍在大量炮制烟雾。

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A week later, inspired by earlier "days of rage" in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen, bigger crowds amassed in more of Iraq's cities, with at least a dozen being killed in clashes with police.

一周以后，受到先前埃及、突尼西亚和叶门“愤怒之日”的鼓舞，更大批群众在更多的伊拉克城市聚集，至少十几人在与警察的冲突过程丧生。

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But a few days later readers of the Memphis paper said they had seen about a dozen Burger King restaurants across the state displaying the signs and that some had yet to be taken down.

但是几天后孟菲斯报的读者说在州内十几家汉堡王发现了此类标语牌，有一些已经撤掉了。

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"I don't see how, in this context, we could change a dozen players with just four days of training, " said Lievremont.

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