The second most common pattern in women's employment in news was the familiar glass ceiling effect, with about a third (34%) of the nations demonstrating this trend.

在女性新媒体就业中，第二个比较普遍存在的现象是我们熟悉的“玻璃天花板”效应，大概34%的国家有这种趋势。

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I do not know why the ceiling should be expected to have that effect.

我不明白为什么应该期望天花板产生那种效果。

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Drapes that hang at the edge of the ceiling and end at the floor also emphasize this effect.

在天花板外沿和地板之间挂上帐帘，也有同样的效果。

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Since by the time the ceiling comes into effect the EU will have 25 members, far-reaching reform seems inevitable but its form remains unclear, just as Mr Chirac presumably hoped.

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There are been more than 100 increases in the debt ceiling since the law went into effect in 1917.

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The effect of the lower NCAA ceiling has been "to help spread the players around, " says Andrew Zimbalist, an economics professor at Smith College who studies athletics.

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