There have been many changes in the livestock industry in the preceding decades.

在过去几十年里，畜牧业变化巨大。

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Despite all the turmoil of the past year, it's important to remember that more people have been lifted out of poverty over the last two decades than in the preceding 10.

虽然过去的一年经历了很多重大挫折，但是，我们都应该看到，在过去的二十年中，脱离贫困的人口数量比过去二百年还要多。

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Interestingly, few recall how reviled Churchill was for most of the two decades preceding that terrible conflict.

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The history of this period, and of the decades preceding and following Israel's re-birth, is layered with controversy, yet one dominant motif of this history stands out.

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In the two preceding decades, the productivity of American workers had grown more slowly than that of Japanese and European competitors.

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