By the first quarter of this year, people had pushed aside quality in favor of saving money.

今年的第一季度中，人们为了省钱把质量放在一边。

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A record 9.1% of borrowers had missed at least one payment by the first quarter of this year.

一季度9.1%的借款者至少拖欠了一次贷款的偿还，这创下了新的记录。

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Profits seem to have already turned around, and Mr Gordon predicts employment will follow by the first quarter of 2010.

利润好像已经有所好转，戈登预言2010年第一季度就业率就会好转。

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Footwear sales rose by about 10 percent in the first quarter of this year, with exports to several markets, including China,up.

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He notes that is an optimistic figure. Economic figures recently released by the Russian Federal Statistics Service show the GDP declined in the first quarter of this year by 9.5 percent.

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Vehicle assembly and major body construction operations will cease by the first quarter of 2002.

BBC: Ford letter to staff

But by the first quarter it had slipped out of the top 5, replaced by Microsoft.

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Ukraine will be poised to introduce a separate currency by the first quarter of next year.

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