而参议员们与这些高管之间的对话有时更像一部品特剧：一个问题，接着是一段长时间的沉默，最后得到的不过是个含糊其辞的回答。

At times the dialogue resembled a Pinter play: a question, then a long pause, followed by a spare, cryptic response.

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不断减少误差是个很好的兆头，这至少在一段长时间里所获得的一种进步，且最后的结果必然是深入人心的。

The decreasing error is a nice reminder, and ACTS as a sort of progress meter during long runs. But, the final result is what is impressive.

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结果是导致一段长时间的等待，餐厅甚至有告示牌告知顾客他们的食物要准备一段时间。

That resulted in long wait times, and restaurants even had signs up warning customers that their food may take a while.

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