"The road probably doesn't rank with the pyramids as a construction feat, but it is a major engineering achievement," said his colleague, geologist James Harrell of the University of Toledo.

他的同事、托莱多大学的地质学家詹姆斯·哈雷尔说：“这条路可能不算是一项与金字塔相媲美的建筑壮举，但却是一项重大的工程成就。”

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There has been a budding economic recovery since the 2008 global crash, but in key indicators in areas such as health and education, major economies have continued to decline.

自2008年全球经济崩溃以来，经济复苏初现苗头，但在卫生和教育等领域的关键指标上，主要经济体的状况仍持续下滑。

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Yes, there has been a budding economic recovery since the 2008 global crash, but in key indicators in areas such as health and education, major economies have continued to decline.

自2008年全球经济崩溃以来，经济复苏初现苗头，但在卫生和教育等关键指标方面，主要经济体的经济状况仍持续下滑。

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But souvenirs have become a major business as well, and at the 2010 Winter Games, souvenirs require almost as much strategy and patience as winning a medal.

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I actually came to UCLA as a Psychology major, but I wasn't being challenged,

其实我刚上UCLA的时候主修心理学，但是觉得没挑战，

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But as a major-league player he got nowhere.

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The US-Nato alliance has had to deploy 150, 000 troops and the war has spawned the Pakistani Taliban, which the Pakistani army did not initially see as a danger but now sees as a major threat.

BBC: Deepening military rift between the US and Pakistan

Third Avenue Value Fund owned as much as 13.8%, or 33.6 million shares, in 2008 but disappeared as a major shareholder by early 2010, when it was briefly replaced by Fidelity with a 6.8% stake and TCW at 5.6%.

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