The approach was intended to short-circuit normal complaints procedures.

这种方法旨在简化通常的投诉程序。

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And the rises were short-lived: prices typically returned to normal with the next harvest.

而且价格上涨是短暂的：价格通常在下一次收获后回归正常。

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The rises were short-lived: prices typically returned to normal with the next harvest.

价格上涨是暂时的：价格通常在下一次丰收后恢复正常。

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Short sleepers consumed the most calories, followed by normal sleepers, then very short sleepers.

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One possibility is that the economy will start returning to normal, in which case short-term interest rates will rise and bond markets will suffer.

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The "zigzag" movement of prices rising and falling in short order was normal, she said, and a sign of the intense price competition on the market.

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