They gave up on gold at $100 an ounce, before it began its real push to the top, which eventually put the price over $800.

他们在100美元/盎司的价位附近放弃了黄金，然而此后黄金才开始其真正的大规模上涨攻势，最终金价上涨至800多美元/盎司。

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They said the command and control server that directed the attack was based in the United States and had come online several weeks before it began the assault.

他们称发布命令并控制这次攻击的服务器位于美国，在开始袭击前几周就连接上了互联网。

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When a reporter was given a rare tour inside the building just before it began mass production in September, the operation appeared as modern as any in the world.

一位记者被允许在九月份开工前进行简短的采访，操作管理是世界上最先进的管理。

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It really began with the death of the Bank of the United States more than a year before.

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Yet, for all that, it didn't exist before my body began to exist.

然而它并不是先于我的存在

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So, he went to where people thought Troy might be and he began digging there, and before you know it, he discovered a mound filled with cities, which he believed was Troy.

因此,他来到人们认为的特洛伊城的所在地,然后,开始挖掘,然后你们知道的,他发现了土堆之中的城市,他相信那就是特洛伊城

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He padded those gains by buying gold in early 2009, well before it began to rally.

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And the US had foreknowledge of the attack in the weeks and months before it began.

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But the 1964 Games in Innsbruck were overshadowed by the deaths of two competitors before it began.

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