When an ice age begins, the continental ice sheets grow, steadily reducing the amount of water evaporated from the ocean that will eventually return to it.

当冰河时代开始时，大陆上的冰原逐渐增大，从海洋中蒸发出来的水逐渐减少，而这些水最终又会回到陆地上。

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A large amount of toxic securities and loans remains on banks’ balance-sheets.

大部分危险债券和贷款仍滞留在银行的资产负债表上。

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Depending on which functions you need to use and the amount of portability that your style sheets require, any of these solutions might be the best fit for your needs.

根据您需要使用哪个函数以及您的样式表所需的可移植性程度，这些解决方案中可能有一些最符合您的需要。

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The record amount of cash on public company balance sheets currently earns nada, nothing in terms of interest income.

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Chris Petersen, president of Iowa's farmers' union, says that years of strong earnings have given them reasonably strong balance-sheets, with only half the amount of leverage they carried into the last downturn.

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Until America and Europe own up to the true magnitude of the problem and sort bad debt from good to get toxic liabilities off financial-industry balance sheets, no amount of talking or stimulus will mend the global downturn, he warns.

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