The duo worked together on a handful of pet projects, before eventually linking up to launch a new computer company, Apple.

在联合创办了新的电脑公司--苹果公司之前，这个二人组只做一些两个人共同感兴趣的项目。

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They have found common cause in attacking "earmarks", the pet projects that lawmakers insert into bills.

他们已经发现了攻击“指定事件”的共同原因：法律制定者把宠物计划列入了法案。

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Colleagues who voted for his pet projects were rewarded with their own; those who crossed him were shut out.

为他的计划投赞成票的同仁们得到了相应的回报；而那些反对他的人则被排除在圈子以外。

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John McCain--both longtime critics of federal spending on pet projects--have also introduced their own earmark reform bills.

FORBES: A Rumble In Washington

In return, they provide monetary and political support for politicians' pet projects--from recycling to windmills--with the understanding that politicians will give them legislative back doors to recover the costs of these programs from customers or taxpayers.

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CEOs expanded their empires, funded value-destroying pet projects and ignored shareholders.

ECONOMIST: No soft option