You need a long series of data to be able to discern such a trend.

你需要一大串数据才能认清这一趋势。

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Don't be too long about it or you'll find someone has beaten you to it.

别耽搁太久，否则你会发现已经有人抢在你前面了。

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They can be applied in any context, as long as you understand how to apply them.

它们可以应用于任何环境，只要您懂得如何应用它们。

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"To have a long term solution, you need both sides to be ready to compromise,"

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In fact, once you think about it, and not all that long, you can see the answer's got to be no.

事实上,只要你想一想,不用太久,你就会知道答案是否定的

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But rather, the best thing I suppose would be to be able to live as long as you wanted.

我想最好的情况,是想活多久就能活多久。

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This law ensures that if you have health insurance you will be able to keep it as long as you continue to pay the premiums.

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Mr. IAN: These things have to be difficult and it takes you a long time to be able to get all the way through in the end.

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Friedman would have argued to do less and grow the monetary base at a steady rate that is the sum of what you want the long-term inflation rate to be and what you think the long-term growth of the economy will be and then, like the bumper car, take your hands off the wheel and let capitalism and markets do the rest.

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