Long before he began trying to sell his philosophy to professional basketball players, Nets Coach Lawrence Frank used his creativity and persuasive power to make a fast buck.

早在他将自己的篮球理论推销给职业球员之前，篮网主教练劳伦斯·弗兰克就开始用他的创造力和说服力赚点小钱了。

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Ron Conway, a well-known investor in tiny firms, has privately castigated some of his fellow super angels for having overinflated egos and for appearing too keen to make a fast buck.

一位著名的小企业投资者罗恩•康威，私下里谴责他的天使同行们妄自尊大，太热衷于一夜暴富。

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Nobody ever went into academia to make a fast buck. Professors, especially those in medical- and technology-related fields, typically earn a fraction of what their colleagues in industry do.

从未有人为快速致富进入学术界，教授们，特别是那些在医学和技术相关领域的工作的教授，他们只能挣到在企业工作的同事收入的一小部分。

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This permitted him to make a fast buck.

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Those who were paying close attention to the markets today had an opportunity to make a fast buck.

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ProPublica, however, seems to assume that any health care professional communicating with the drug industry is, by definition, just trying to make a fast buck.

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"We want to send a message to the small minority of folks who tried to make a fast buck through illegal conduct that that will not be tolerated in New York State, " Mr. Schneiderman said.

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