With his predecessor, George E. Pataki, gamely looking on, Governor Spitzer said in his 20-minute inaugural address that New York, "like Rip van Winkle, " had "slept through much of the past decade.

新任州长在其前任颇为不忿的冷眼旁观下，开始了20分钟的就职演讲，他说纽约州仿佛经历了“黄粱一梦，这一睡就是近十年”。

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Tales abound of rip-offs, misleading advertising, inaccurat e billing and orders never arriving.

CNN: CAVEAT SURFER

The BBC was also inundated with e-mails and phone calls from saying Lapland New Forest was exploiting children and their families and was "a rip off".

BBC: How the crowds were lured to Lapland New Forest