By midafternoon, it's clear that more is needed.

到了下午3时左右，显然还需要多下工夫。

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Light, sweet crude for October delivery was up $1.39 at $116.85 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midafternoon in Singapore.

截至新加坡午后中段，轻质低硫原油十月交货价在纽约商品交易所电子盘交易中每桶上升了1.39美元，至116.85美元。

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By midafternoon Ghosn is back in the air, on his way to Oxford University.

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His sets were over by midafternoon and his merchandise sales averaged out to 15 cents per ticketholder.

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By midafternoon DFJ was ready to back what it viewed as a revolutionary way to improve searching on the Web.

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