David Barker, a professor at the University of Iowa, says that despite its oil wealth, Alaska was so costly to develop that the Treasury has lost money on the deal.

爱荷华大学的教授大卫·巴克表示，除了其丰富的石油资源，阿拉斯加开发成本太高，财政部在这桩生意上吃了亏。

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If Barker gets more orders for Sunsprings — Haiti alone could use 1, 000, he says — manufacturing costs will come down.

如果巴克尔可以得到更多“太阳泉”的订单——而他说海地单独就能使用1000台——生产成本就能降下来。

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"Yes," says Miss Barker.

“对，”巴克小姐说。

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Barker says this last day of campaigning is crucial, because so many Britons still have not made up their mind.

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Barker says what this means is that it could be weeks before the composition of Britain's future government becomes clear.

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Rodney Barker says it is all up in the air.

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Barker says this is a wake-up call to the international community, which was once welcomed in Afghanistan.

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"It's definitely not something to take lightly, " Ms. Barker says.

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On any given day, the firm would have 20 to 30 dogs and 450 to 550 employees working across a facility about the length of five to seven football fields, Barker says.

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