Is the U.S. worker in the same position today as the workhorse was 100 years ago when it was replaced by another technology: the engine (first steam, and then internal combustion).

今日美国的工人跟一百年前干粗活的人是不是处在相同的位置呢？当时他们被另一种技术所替代：引擎(先是蒸汽机，接着是内燃机)。

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Its position is strengthened by two inarguable propositions. The first is that many of the current generation of fighters are approaching 30 years in service and must soon be replaced.

以下两个无可辩驳的论点让其地位更加稳固：第一个是许多当代战斗机接近30年的服役期，必须马上更换。

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The integer value passed to the parameter function tells the position of the argument in the invocation of an sqlquery function which is replaced in place of this function call.

传递给parameter函数的整数值表示在调用sqlquery函数中参数的位置，该参数将会在调用中被取代。

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Perhaps unaware that Dhoni had put one of his best fielders, Murali Vijay, in that position - where he replaced the less mobile Amit Mishra - Hayden was about six inches short of his ground when Vijay's throw ripped out a stump.

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Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates, and Jeffrey Immelt replaced Jack Welch, and both have stayed in the CEO position for a substantial amount of time, despite the magnitude of the replacement challenges that they faced.

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One could think about fine tuning this and having workers in particular jobs invested in equities that are likely to have higher returns if that position is replaced by robots.

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