When Stephen Covey, founder and director of the Leadership Institute, explored leadership styles in the past decade, he focused on the habits of a great number of highly effective individuals.

领导力研究所的创始人兼主任史蒂芬·柯维在过去十年探索领导力风格时，他关注的是大量高效能人士的习惯。

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Women have become more assertive in the past decade.

妇女在过去十年已变得更坚定自信。

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Two thirds of the region has been deforested in the past decade.

在过去十年里这个地区的森林有三分之二被毁掉。

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But that is changing. In the past decade the number of cyclos on the city's streets has declined sharply.

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In the past decade an average of almost 400 events each year have met the U.N.criteria for a natural disaster.

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Even before this oil leak, BP's safety policies were in doubt following major accidents in Alaska and Texas in the past decade.

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Moreover the stocks listed below have not missed a quarterly payment in the past decade.

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The move to bolster shareholder payouts marked the biggest dividend increase in the past decade.

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In the past decade, it has been both a toy and a monumental sculpture.

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