Over that period investment banks have evolved from staid partnerships into huge, publicly traded conglomerates before stumbling, and in some cases collapsing, last year.

在这25年里，投资银行也从陈腐呆板的合伙经营制，摇身一变，成长为公开上市的金融巨擘。

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They give us a different kind of security and validation, and they often last longer than our romantic partnerships.

它给予我们一种不同的安全感和认同感，其生命力也往往比情侣关系更强。

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Enlightened legislation passed during the last decade has equalised the age of consent for gay couples and enabled many thousands to be officially recognised through civil partnerships.

当下开明的法律已经通过了允许合法年龄的同性恋恋人结合。

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"But above all,your visit at this pivotal moment in history speaks to the opportunity before us to build the relationship between our nations born in the last century into one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century,"

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To that end, Scorsese revealed at Cannes last year two new distribution partnerships, including one that allows four of the films restored by the foundation to be viewed for free via online movie theater The Auteurs.

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An engineering consultancy firm, First Class Partnerships, was asked last October to give an independent review of the work needed to complete the project.

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For now, Cyprus has pledged to push on with or without regional partnerships they explored over the last year.

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