French researchers say it is similar to people buying larger cars, houses or flat-screen TVs to try to advance their social standing.

法国研究人员说，这其实就像是人们喜欢买大一点的车子、房子和平板电视一样，只是想要提升自己的社会地位。

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That changed at the French Open, where the flat-hitting, tenacious Pavlyuchenkova upset Vera Zvonareva to advance to a first quarterfinal.

这一切在法国网球公开赛改变了，顽强的帕芙柳琴科娃用平击球打败了兹沃娜列娃打进了她第一个四分之一决赛。

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The advance squadrons come up at a trot to within fifty yards of the French tirailleurs, who rout the first rank of cavalry.

先遣中队在离法国散兵五十码的距离内快步上前，散兵们击溃了骑兵的第一列。

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However the Islamist advance and French response also "underscore the urgency of implementing all aspects of the resolution".

BBC: Mali conflict: UN backs France's military intervention

The French advance into northern Mali did not involve pitched battles with the hundreds of Islamist fighters that had occupied towns like Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu.

CNN: Mali: The long, troubled desert road ahead

"The sale of W New Orleans-French Quarter helps advance Starwood's asset-light strategy, as we continue to pursue opportunities to sell owned real estate at the right time to the right owners, " said Simon Turner, Starwood's president of global development.

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