Content companies, which depend on advertising to fund the creation and promulgation of their wares, appeared to be losing faith in their ability to do so online.

内容服务公司，它们依靠广告支撑建立和发布自己的产品，似乎对于在网上这么做的能力失去了信心。

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I must confess that I think her as delightful a character as ever appeared in print, and how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least, I do not know.

我必须承认，我认为她是所有出版书中最让人喜爱的角色。对那些一点都不喜欢她的人，我不知道我能容忍到什么地步。

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I came to realize however, that the more work, the more tasks and the more to-do items I took on for other people, the less valuable my own work and my own time appeared to be.

我开始意识到，我为别人做越多的工作、任务、项目，我自己的工作、时间就显得越来越没有价值。

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However, with his father as co-owner it appeared there would be little pressure from the top to do so.

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If Mr Brown's budget was popular, it was because he appeared to be doing what the government said it would do.

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The sting in the IMF tail appeared to be calls for the government and the bank to do more to protect the poor, get credit to business, invest more in infrastructure and, if growth continues to flatline, to consider a temporary cut in VAT in future.

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