Work time has been reduced in the past 200 years from about 12 hours a day to less then 8 hours per day and the working week from 7 days to 5.

在过去200年里，工作时间已经从每天大约12小时减少到每天低于8小时以及每周工作7天减为5天。

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In the past eight days, she has twice raised the WHO's alert level, from 3 to an unprecedented 5, meaning a pandemic is deemed imminent.

在过去的8天里，她已经两次提高世卫的警戒级别，从3提高到前所未有的5级，意味着普遍的大流行有可能发生。

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In the past five days, however, Microsoft's (MSFT) shares have risen by 5%, following the presentation of its latest operating software, Windows 8, to developers.

但是，过去五天里，微软向开发者展示了其最新操作系统Windows 8之后，其股价却上涨了5%。

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But more importantly, of those 30 best and 30 worst days, 42 of them, or 70% occurred in 2008 and early 2009. 18 of the 30 worst days and 13 of the best days over the past 15 years occurred in 2008, while 6 of the worst days and 5 of the best days occurred in 2009.

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Accounts more than 90 days past due remained in the 5% to 7% target range.

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Silver Wheaton and Pan American Silver are both up 7% in the past four days and the gold miners in the GDX are up 5.7%.

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