It is time to forgive past wrongs if progress is to be made.

如果想有进步，现在就该宽恕过去的罪过。

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In August,eighteen sixty-four, Lincoln wrote:"For some days past, it seems that this administration probably will not be re-elected.

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This cell can only be an effective barrier if there's no way to get past it.

这些细胞只有密不透风,才足以形成一道屏障

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It also says the past ten years may be the warmest ten-year period ever measured.

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It could be the past, it could be in the far future, you could be out in space, it could even be maybe told from the point of view of an alien.

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And now that the worst of the Japanese economic crisis seems to be past, it should also halt its credit-guarantee programme.

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As a consequence, facility financing in pro sports will never again be as favorable towards teams as it has been in the past, though it would be naive to think that teams will not find any success in gaining some concessions from their host communities.

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