That's a big reason why the Kindle has remained a hot seller in the age of the iPad, defying early predictions that the iBooks and Kindle apps on the iPad would turn the Kindle into a fringe device.

这就是为什么Kindle在这样一个iPad时代里仍然能保持很高的销量。 早些时候曾有人认为，苹果的iBooks应用和iPad版的Kindle应用将使Kindle平板成为一款边缘设备，现在这种臆断也已不攻自破。

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Today, the research on fringe area of big cities' which began in early 1970's have become one of major subjects in the urban science.

有关大城市边缘区的研究，在国外开始于70年代早期，目前已成为国外城市学界研究的主要课题之一。

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We know the early example in sort of Golden Age America, but where else did we see a competitive fringe enter when there was a collusive agreement to keep quantities down?

我们知道美国全盛时期有这样的先例,还有什么行业原来也有产量协议,但新公司进入后却导致协议瓦解呢

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Ipswich Borough Council is expected to hold a public consultation about the Northern Fringe development early next year.

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By studying early competitors, especially fringe ones, they create new products which are more highly desired, breaking them out of price competition (remember the Motorola Razr fiasco that nearly bankrupted the company?) and into higher price points and better earnings.

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Early evening and popped into a fringe meeting where a blonde and beautifully manicured Ann Widdecombe was telling the audience that democracy isn't dead but is certainly having a real snooze.

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