Saudi Arabia, the biggest power in OPEC, is a close U. S. ally and is loath to see the group used as a forum to take shots at the West.

身为欧佩克中最具影响力的国家，沙特阿拉伯是美国的亲密盟友，它不会愿意看到这个组织变成一个针对西方国家的场所。

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NASA is hoping to start flying as soon as possible to close the gap in the U. S. manned space program.

美国宇航局希望尽快开始飞行，以尽可能结束美国载人航天计划的时间间距。

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The combination of how close it was to the coast and how shallow it was made it a "perfect storm for the tsunami generation," said Susan Hough of the U. S. Geological Survey in Pasadena.

震中距离海岸线较近以及地震中心较浅给“海啸的产生提供了一个完美风暴，”帕萨迪纳市地质调查局的苏珊•浩福说。

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The decades-old U.S.economic embargo of the communist-run island has long-irritated other nations in the Americas, including many close U.S.allies.

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"In the U.S.,for instance, some researchers have projected that there may be a shortage of close to a million nurses by two thousand twenty."

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White House officials have also made clear they will not revisit plans to close the U.S.detention center in Guantanamo Bay,Cuba.

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And nations with close U.S. ties, like Mexico, are making economic gains by comparison.

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Tunisia, Algeria and Yemen have also been close U.S. allies in the fight against al Qaeda and are experiencing continued political unrest.

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Stolt-Nielsen SA is a large British holding company whose subsidiaries have come under close U.S. government scrutiny for obfuscating their corporate ties to Iran and Sudan.

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