The bill, from the nineteen-forties, still looked brand-new, and seeing that crisp note made Don feel sad.

那张一九四几年的钞票看起来依然崭新，而那封已经发脆的信让唐感到难过。

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An attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance." I was almost sure that I couldn't be there, but nevertheless I paid for two plates — one for you and the other for your wife.

其中附有一张纸条，上面写着：“我已预先付了这张账单，我差不多可以确定，我不能赴约了，不过，我还是预付了两个餐位的费用——为你和你妻子。”

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The author pointed out that the legal nature of note discount should be the two parties' legal act of bill right transfer by analyzing defects of "the loan doctrine" and "the note act doctrine".

作者通过分析“贷款说”和“票据行为说”的缺陷，指出票据贴现的法律性质应该为票据权利转让的双方法律行为。

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Shorter-term Treasuries remained flat, with the 3-month bill yielding 0.07% and the 2-year note yielding 0.25%.

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Note that the bill's main purpose is to keep underage folks away from dangerous venues and unhealthy content, rather than to prevent gaming addiction -- something for which China eventually had to set up boot camps to deal with.

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