Rachel Chandler, 55, broke down during the call despite repeatedly reassuring her brother she was being well cared for.

尽管55岁的瑞秋?钱德勒不断地向她兄弟保证她被照顾得很好，她的话还是被打断了。

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Despite my attempts to get him to call me by my Christian name, he insisted on addressing me as "Mr. Kennedy."

尽管我试图让他直接叫我的名，可他还是坚持称呼我为“肯尼迪先生”。

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WNaN mobile handheld radios that participated in multiple, simultaneous call groups and delivered situational awareness data despite communications disruptions.

10部WNaN移动手持无线电可在通讯中断时参与多次同时呼叫，提供态势感知数据。

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Conroy appeared to have got that call right despite the resulting anger from the home support, but he was too lenient 11 minutes later when only producing a yellow card after Lafferty lunged dangerously, studs-first into Hinkel's shin.

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An urgent call, as despite numerous announcements and pledges to behave more ethically, most banks and large corporations are back to paying bonuses as if nothing has happened in the last two years.

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Despite its call for bank aid, Fitch Ratings still responded by downgrading two of Spain's biggest lenders to within a whisker of junk status.

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