[it continues to grow] But that growth is barely half the average increase during the initial four years of the previous four recoveries.

(持续增加)但是增长仅仅只有在早先四个复苏的前四年的的平均增长的一半。

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But during the 13 years that the author of this column has spent in the United States, he too has found his initial exuberance clouded by darker thoughts.

但在本专栏作者呆在美国的13年，他同样发现自己对于美国的看法，也经历了从最初的欢呼雀跃到后来的急转直下。

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It will also require concerted focus on the retention of STEM majors during the initial years of college because, today, fewer than 40 percent of students who enter college intending to major in a STEM field complete a STEM degree.

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Sasol has been in the synthetic fuels business for over half a century, deriving its initial experience in South Africa when the country was isolated during the apartheid years, and it produced liquid fuels from coal turned to syngas.

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Despite paying initial lip-service to the need to counteract the debilitating oil-price cycle by saving money during the boom years, he has virtually emptied the fund set up in 1998 for that purpose.

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