It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories.

人们早就知道，当顾客翻阅电话簿时，AAAA 汽车公司比 Zodiac 汽车公司有很大的优势。

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I think the mogul makes the medium, but it’s also true that once a firm has beenin existence long enough, it begins to have a life of its own.

我认为有权势的人擅长使用手段，但是事实是一旦一个公司存在了足够长的时间，它就形成了自己的生命周期。

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Even so, everyone at McDonald \ 's must be hoping that it will be a long time before the firm faces yet another such emergency.

尽管如此，麦当劳的每个人还是应该期望公司在短期内不要再遭遇这样的紧急事件了。

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Alperovich greeted the younger Powers in Moscow with a long and firm handshake at the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Company, which designed the weapon.

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It has raised questions of him possibly being called up by England, especially with Capello apparently yet to settle on a firm long-term fixture in goal.

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These big deals have added a new urgency to the familiar litany of concerns about private-equity firms: that they slash jobs and strip assets, and that a long-established firm may disappear under the weight of the debt used to buy it.

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But, after a string of public humiliations, the firm still has a long way to go before it can redeem itself.

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