Nearly a quarter of North American and European companies shortened their supply chains in 2008 (the effect of Japan’s disaster on its partsmakers will surely prompt further shortening).

超过四分之一的欧美企业在2008年缩短了他们的供应链（日本的灾难肯定会继续导致供应链的缩短）。

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The goal is to build about 100,000 houses for nearly a million people left homeless by the disaster.

该方案的目标是为近100万无家可归的灾民建造103,000所住宅。

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A similar type of explosion occurred in the 2006 Sago mining disaster, which left 12 miners dead after trapping them underground for nearly two days.

2006年萨戈(Sago)矿难也是类似的爆炸引发的，那次矿难将矿工们困在地下两天后，造成12名矿工死亡。

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The American showcase nearly turned into a disaster for Fury, who was dropped 18 seconds into the second round with a right hook to the chin.

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The title track is a nearly 14-minute depiction of the Titanic disaster.

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Madrid (CNN) -- Nearly a decade after what many consider Spain's worst environmental disaster, a trial began Tuesday over the massive oil spill in November 2002 that blackened hundreds of miles of coastline along Spain and France.

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