Within 40 minutes I was booked into my hotel, which was in close proximity to some of the city's best attractions, and just around the corner from the city's dead center -- the imposing Bell Tower.

在40分钟内，我订了宾馆，它离这个城市的最引人入胜的景点很近，就在这个城市肃穆的中心――壮丽的钟楼附近。

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Terrorist activities are ever more rampant. From the New York World Trade Center to North Ossetia, the alarm bell of terrorist threats has tolled loud time and again.

恐怖活动愈演愈烈，从纽约世贸大厦到北奥塞梯，恐怖威胁的警钟一次又一次敲响。

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The Bell Tower is the geographical center of Xi 'an and the four main streets are respectively Dong Dajie, Xi Dajie, Nan Dajie and Bei Dajie which are also the main commercial streets.

钟楼是西安市的地理中心，也是四条主要商业大街——东大街、西大街、南大街、北大街——的中心。

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"This year, oceanic and atmospheric conditions in the Atlantic basin are expected to produce more and stronger hurricanes, " said Gerry Bell, the center's lead seasonal hurricane forecaster.

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He rushes into the bell tower in the center of town and climbs to the top to hide.

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Most memorably, and by way of an epilogue perhaps signaling reincarnation for the woman at the center of "Bell, " Ms. Seyama has the climactic theatrical statement.

WSJ: Giselle at the D?j?ji Temple | Yasuko Yokoshi | Bell | New York Live Arts | By Robert Greskovic