If we build an engine for a car or anything else, it almost always is going to have some key element that's operating in a cycle, otherwise it won't keep going, right.

如果我们为一辆汽车，或其他什么东西制造一台引擎,它总要有一些关键，要素来形成循环。

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But for those of us who came up in an era when a glossy hunk of paper and ink was a thing to behold, the tangible result of a hardworking group of professionals operating in a weekly cycle that felt as natural and inevitable as the tides, this is a day for memory and regret.

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"EA's challenges could not have come at a worse time, as the middle innings of a game cycle should be the glory days of operating margin expansion and significant cash generation, " Piper Jaffray analyst Anthony N.

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Operating on a 17-year cycle, Brood II last made an appearance in 1996, and before that in 1979.

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