Operations manager Paul Brown says the messages not only predict the holiday's hottest toys months in advance but also gauge the mood of the nation.

业务经理保罗·布朗说，信件内容不仅提前数月预示圣诞节最火爆的玩具，而且还反映出国民的情绪。

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Despite the mood, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, back in London after last weekend's G-20 economic summit in Washington, says the way out of this global problem is a coordinated global approach.

尽管存在这种情绪，上个周末在华盛顿参加了20国集团经济峰会之后回到伦敦的英国首相布朗说，全球采取协调一致的行动是摆脱这个全球性问题的途径。

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The expenses saga should count for less, but in the current febrile mood it does not-and here Mr Brown has done badly.

骗补事件本无足轻重，但在当前升温的氛围下就并非如此了——并且布朗做得并不好。

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The left-hander acknowledged that after seeing the life their own bowlers had extracted from the pitch, he and opening partner Brown had been in no mood to hang about as they chased a modest target of 116.

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People in an angry and defensive mood will hardly welcome Gordon Brown's pledge, on April 29th, to work with the Pakistani army to fight terror.

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But, the way the economy and national mood are going, for Mr Brown and Labour, not saying it might be riskier.

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