He then worked for a paint company that his family owned, and had run for Parliament himself, also unsuccessfully.

他为自己拥有的一家公司工作，曾参与国会竞选，但是没有成功。

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They had also tried unsuccessfully to lose weight on numerous diet and exercise regimens, including medically supervised weight loss, according to the study.

根据研究，他们也曾经试过用各种食谱和锻炼疗法减肥，包括药物控制减肥，但是失败了。

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Standard Chartered , which bid unsuccessfully for a foreign bank licence in Libya last year, is also interested in the country.

关于外国银行执照，去年渣打银行在利比亚也有失败的经历。现在它又对利比亚产生了兴趣。

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Baseball officials also unsuccessfully lobbied New Times editors to share the documents that formed the basis of their story.

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He also unsuccessfully moved an amendment which would have forced the police to contact the parents under all circumstances following the detention of a child under the bill.

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He also ran unsuccessfully in Egypt's presidential election last year.

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