The final straw came at the end of last year when the extent of the Madoff scandal was revealed.

去年年底麦道夫丑闻波及范围的曝光成为了（压垮骆驼的）最后一根稻草。

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We'll probably see this to some extent, even with the increased level of compensation that is going to be law by the end of the summer.

即使今年夏末赔偿额度上调才成为法律条文，我们也会看到这样的情况多多少少地发生。

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I can't possibly draw the line and say exactly where somebody else's ideas end and my own begin and to what extent it colors my work because most of that borrowing is done subconsciously.

我不太可能画条线说，线这边是别人的想法，那边是我自己的想法，我也没办法告诉你其他人的创作对我有多大程度的影响，因为我对别人的借鉴都是在潜意识中完成的。

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The banks have extended to local governments an estimated 14.38 trillion yuan, about a third of their outstanding loans at the end of 2010, but no one really knows the full extent of the exposure.

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The drugmaker hasn't given 2003 guidance since the end of the third quarter of 2002--before the full extent of its problems became visible.

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"But the point is that everybody can be affected or at the receiving end of a terrible rumour... it can affect the individual even to the extent of breaking up marriages, " he said.

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