Water is sloshing over the tops of some levees in New Orleans, but officials say they believe the barriers will hold despite the onslaught from Hurricane Gustav.

海水漫过新奥尔良的一些护堤，但是当地官员认为，这些护堤能够抵挡古斯塔夫飓风的猛烈冲击。

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There are still huge gaps in our environmental knowledge, and despite the scientific onslaught, many predictions are no more than best guesses.

"在我们的环境知识方面仍然有巨大的缺口，而且尽管有科学的助攻，但很多预测也只不过是最好的猜测而已。

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The more modern units sustained damage but rode out nature’s onslaught, even if just barely, despite facing forces far greater than what they were designed to withstand.

尽管遭遇的灾害远远超出了核电站最初设计的承受能力，新建造的核电站也有损伤，但总算在大自然的猛攻下勉强支撑了下来。

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Ahren's top holding is Anheuser-Busch (nyse: BUD - news - people ) of Budweiser fame, which has expanded its U.S. market share from 46.6% to 52.1% since 1998 despite the onslaught of specialty beers.

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Even despite the arctic onslaught of snow and ice in the northeast the week after Christmas, the expectations were tough ones to beat.

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Meanwhile, the swaps rules, which everyone expected would go away once Lincoln got past her primary run off, remain in the Senate bill at this late date in the reconciliation process despite an onslaught of financial industry lobbying.

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