I saw no automatic rifles, and residents greeted me as I passed them in the narrow alleys, while dogs and cats lounged on cement platforms and rooftops.

我没有看见一把自动步枪，在狭窄的小巷里遇见本地居民时，他们总是和我打招呼。狗啊猫啊的栖息在水泥平台上或者屋顶上。

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George Washington, who saw how private debt plagued Southern planters, had to be persuaded by Alexander Hamilton to embrace public debt as a kind of financial cement for the new republic.

亲眼目睹了私人债务是如何折磨南方种植园主的乔治·华盛顿，在亚历山大·汉密尔顿的竭力劝说下才接受公债巩固新共和国的财政。

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"Now go clean it up!" Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.

“现在去把它弄干净！”妈妈和我开始洗路。当我看着漂亮的彩虹成了黑水泥时，眼泪顺着我的脸颊流了下来。

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So that was a good plus point because a lot of people said that the fight shouldn't happen, it can't happen, that fight happened today and it was a great heavyweight match up and you saw a guy cement his place in history.

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The quarter saw Samsung and Apple cement their positions further at the top of the market as their brands and new products clearly stood out.

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"As we saw the consolidation of the cement industry in Europe and America happening in Asia, we said we have to be there, " explains Medina.

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