First, they should have used their disastrous inheritance as an excuse to break their promise to maintain NHS spending: even a 5% cut in that bloated department would have eased pressure elsewhere.

第一，他们早就应该以手中糟透了的烂摊子为借口打破保留NHS支出的承诺：即使是减少这个过于膨胀的部门5%的支出也会舒缓其他地方的压力。

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As they cut interest rates in response to each market wobble, the result was a series of bubbles, first in technology shares and then in housing.

各机构降低利率应对每一次市场疲弱，结果又制造了一连串泡沫，先是科技股，然后是房地产。

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This is the first time Toyota has planned to cut production on such a large scale and comes as the group's global sales have been battered by the recession.

这是丰田首次计划如此大规模的减产，是在该集团全球销量受到经济衰退冲击的背景下作出的决定。

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If the panel treated the 2006 violation as a first offence and cut the ban to two years, he could be reinstated in May, giving him time to qualify for the US Olympic Athletics Trials from 27 June.

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