For example, I don't have more space to write, if this is time and this is earnings-- if your earnings were,say, flat and suddenly increased like that, they wouldn't believe this increase at first, so the board would decide to adjust only, say, half way up.

例如,没地方写了,横轴是时间,纵轴是收益,如果你的收益,一直平稳,突然间提高,他们刚开始不敢相信这种增长,董事们决定只小幅增加,如增到一半

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To enable the Railroad Retirement Board to adjust the amount of benefits payable under the Railroad Retirement Act at the time the cost of living adjustment is applied.

WHITEHOUSE: Matching Programs Conducted in 1994 and 1995

Under a strict currency-board regime, interest rates adjust automatically.

ECONOMIST: The ABC of a currency board

To adjust to the altitude, get out of your hotel room, board room or meeting room and take a walk.

BBC: Business trip: Denver