Voters opted by a whisker for Mr. Dayton, who had promised to balance the books in part by raising taxes on the richest 10% of Minnesotans.

选民们以微弱优势选择了戴顿先生。戴顿曾承诺提高10%的最富有的明尼苏达人的税收，从而在一定程度上实现收支平衡。

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Teachers fear that, despite the extra teaching burden, colleges will make some of them redundant to balance the books.

尽管存在很大的教学压力，教师们担心学校为了平衡预算，会对他们进行裁员。

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No one seems to have told him that there is a simple way to avoid the wrath of bond markets: balance your books and don't borrow.

似乎没人告诉过他，要避免债券市场的愤怒有一个简单的办法：平衡你的收支账簿，不要举债。

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Ministers decided to ask the European Commission for fewer restrictions on state aid, and to ask central banks to urge greater transparency on the balance books of banks in their countries, Lagarde said.

CNN: EU raises bank deposit guarantee

The real question, perhaps, is why can't Wales' Local Health Boards balance the books?

BBC: In the red, in the firing line

By putting economics second, Mr Brown has made it harder to balance the books.

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