Life insurers typically have low gearing, and the policyholders who fund the bulk of their assets are "sticky", with long-term contracts that incur penalty charges if they are cancelled.

而寿险公司通常具有较低的资产负债率，而且保险公司的大部分资产很具“粘性”，因为投保人若是取消长期合同就要被罚款。

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Most gins begin their life as rectified neutral grain spirit alcohol — or N.G.S. — bought in bulk.

大部分杜松子酒开始就像整流的中性的谷类蒸馏酒精——或者N.G.S.——散装购买的。

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The finances of the family home — often where the bulk of wealth is tied up — are playing an ever larger role in life planning.

房产的财务规划——一般来说会占用家庭的大量资金——在人生理财规划中起着越来越重要的作用。

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"Extraction of propellants, bulk shielding and life support fluids from this first captured asteroid could jump-start an entire space-based industry, " the Keck team writes.

MSN: NASA might lasso an asteroid and drag it to orbit near moon

As water-based materials are better at stopping radiation than metal, the approach theoretically represents the best of all worlds with less bulk, a simpler life support system and maximum room for supplies.

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CSAG's research has revealed -- and 60 Minutes has now validated -- that public companies are providing the bulk of the financial and technical life-support that has enabled these odious regimes to remain going concerns.

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