The end of the year is a good time for reflection, so this month's column will take a look at the discipline(s) of software engineering to assess how far we've come in the last couple of decades.

Illustration年底是反思的好时间，因此，本月的栏目将会看一看软件工程的规范，以估计我们在过去二十年内到达什么地步。

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's test, which began last year, is limited to a very small number of the company's employees and their families and could be discontinued at any time, said the people familiar with the matter.

知情人士说，[gm 66nd]的测试是从去年开始的，参与测试的仅限于极少数公司员工及其家人，而且测试可能随时停止。

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For many U. S. students and their families, college costs are a worry at this time of year with college admission letters arriving in the mail and aid application deadlines nearing.

对很多美国大学生和他们的家庭来说，每年的这个时候，当大学的准入信进入信箱而助学贷款截止日迫近的时候，大学的花费都会引起他们的担忧。

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But any time of year, visitors to the nation's capital can see a number of memorials that honor members of the armed forces.

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That's a simple thing and it's so very different depending on the time of a year when you do it.

这很简单，而你所看到的,也根据季节的不同而有所变化。

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Each year it's dramatized by the cycle of the seasons, And at a certain time of the year it seems that The forces of darkness and chaos are prevailing but each spring, Once again, cosmic order and life return.

每年这冲突都由季节的轮回戏剧性地体现出来，仿佛是每年都有一个时期,弥散着黑暗和混乱的势力，可是每当春天来临，宇庙的秩序又恢复了。

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The bigger test will be Bavaria's state election in a year's time.

ECONOMIST: Bavarian politics

With the critics in retreat, few doubt the mayor's re-election in a year's time.

ECONOMIST: Traffic

But the government will wait for the commission's recommendations, due in a year's time.

ECONOMIST: Pensions