Michael was the general contractor for the home, so he and Ellie decided to make minimal changes to the exterior of the house.

迈克尔是屋子装修的总负责，所以他和Ellie决定，进行一些小改动的房子外观。

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If Republicans are going to ask for big changes to the entitlement programs, they should also be willing to make big changes to their own favorite defense-contractor-entitlement program.

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Few of these changes are attributable to mis-steps by the prime contractor.

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So if they're getting this good information from OPOWER and they see that, boy, that drafty window is costing me a couple of hundred bucks a year, they're now going to have an incentive to go to Home Depots or go to Lowes to hire a certified contractor and make the changes that will ultimately pay for themselves, improve our environment, and improve our economy.

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