Maybe Archaeopteryx wasn't on the direct ancestral line to birds, but was part of an early experimentation in how to build a bird-like body.

可能‘始祖鸟’不在鸟类的直系血缘上，但它从某些程度上说是早期实验如何构建像鸟一样的身躯的一部分。

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A direct attack on the Maginot Line in the Saar region has been repulsed with heavy German losses.

德军从萨尔区向马其诺防线当面发动的进攻被击退，德军伤亡惨重。

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A spokeswoman for Direct Line said it was willing to insure people with diabetes, depending on their "rating factor", but that they could face loaded premiums.

直系女发言人说，他们愿意糖尿病患者参加保险，取决于他们的等级因子，但是他们必须对负保险费。

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Patricia Marquis, director of the RCN South East region, described it as "a direct attack on front-line clinical services".

BBC: Guernsey's Princess Elizabeth Hospital

Although Super Blue Stuff is sold in 365 small independent stores and through a 200-person direct-sales force, a majority of its sales come over the toll-free line McClung broadcasts on his infomercials.

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The study reveals that more than one in four British African-Caribbeans have white male ancestry on their direct father line.

BBC: Black Britons find their African roots