But the spirit of those Olympics always remained close as he developed early skills at the demanding Whiteface Mountain venue.

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It's always upward sloping, but it may, after awhile, you get close to satiation where you've got enough.

斜率永远是正的,但是也有可能,你拿的钱够多,效用将不再上升

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It's close by. BJ's is always really good, so.

离得近。BJ's总是很好。就这样。

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Ira had a bulbous nose, and he seemed to be always close to Judith.

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Government and big business, always close in modern Mexico, grew especially matey in the days of Carlos Salinas, president from 1988 to 1994.

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The hothouse effect of Canberra, combined with the effect of Twitter's 140 character news cycles, means politics is almost always close to the boil.

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