Although in that article, I used the term 'authority' scarcely but some of the readers expressed reservation about 'authority'.

尽管我在其中只是少数几次用到“权威”一词，可有些读者还是对“权威”持有保留态度。

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Product itself is the absolutely important factor in newspaper drug advertising and models are used scarcely, but in recent years models who serve as a foil to the product is increasing gradually.

产品本身在广告中始终占绝对优势，模特运用总体比例偏低，但近年来与产品搭配使用、处于次要地位的模特形象上升较快。

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Its application can scarcely be described as wide, but it could one day be used to great effect in horror films and has already been imitated once in such a context.

ECONOMIST: A new roll for film