Prices have climbed by 21% since the beginning of the year.

今年年初以来价格已经上涨了21%。

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Health officials hope to begin dispensing anti-retroviral drugs on a wide scale at the beginning of next year.

卫生官员们希望在明年年初开始大规模配发抗逆转录病毒药物。

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Is it a good time to jump ship at the beginning of the year?

现在是年初跳槽的好时机吗？

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Developers cited price of the end product as the single most important criteria for an Android tablet to compete with Apple, and that view was similarly reported at the beginning of year.

FORBES: Developers' Interest is a Catalyst for the Amazon Kindle Fire

While fireworks are a major part of the festivities surrounding the Lunar New Year, which marks the beginning of the Year of the Snake, authorities in Beijing are asking the public to curb firework celebrations so as not to add to the city's worsening air pollution, Xinhua reported Tuesday.

NPR: Leaner New Year: China Tones Down The Celebrations

The drop in Thorntons' share price following the release of its trading results follows a more than quadrupling of its share price since the beginning of last year on rising hopes of a turnaround.

BBC: French Connection and Thorntons down on trading reports