But that was before the economy collapsed.

但那是经济崩溃之前。

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This is only the third legislative election since the 1998 fall of Suharto, who ruled Indonesia for more than 30 years, before the economy collapsed.

自从1998年苏哈托下台以来，这是印尼的第三次国会选举。苏哈托统治印尼30多年后经济出现崩溃。

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At that time, America's economy completely collapsed, the Green couple along with many others were out of work, and became even poorer than before.

当时，美国的经济全面瘫痪，格林夫妇和许许多多的人一样都失业了，他们因此比以前更潦倒。

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Before the economy collapsed, Forest City was eager to develop 22 acres of industrial land in Brooklyn, N.

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Although the study was conducted before the U.S. economy collapsed in 2008, the fallout of the financial crisis -- widespread job loss, family strain, foreclosures -- has likely only added to parental distress, experts say.

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And that truth became painfully clear when, less than a week after I had appeared before the CHC, some of the biggest Wall Street firms collapsed and the bottom fell out of our economy.

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