But it is fair to ask: Why don't we scale back the obsession with "bubbling things in" and challenge students everywhere - no matter their ZIP code - to show their innovation and creativity?

但是问一问是公平的：问什么我们不成比例缩减对“泡沫事物”的痴迷，向四处的学生挑战——不管他们的邮政编码——以激发他们的革新力和创造力？

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Just to show how the rules can vary, people have ways of counting their things if they take up the 100 things challenge.

只是想让大家看看规则是如何改变的，如果人们参加“100件事的挑战”，每个人都会有不同的方式处理自己的事情。

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There were many other small courtesies, of people going out of their way to show us things, explain aspects of the society, or simply try to make sure we had a good time.

像这样以礼待人的小事情还有很多，有人特意来为我们做指点，给我们解说社会的情况，或者就是为了让我们玩得开心一点。

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Retailers who want their Web sites to show up in Froogle searches have to update their product pages with hidden labels on things like price, name and manufacturer.

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Other things equal, that could see them revise up their numbers later this month, to show the economy shrinking by 0.5%, instead of 0.7%.

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Mr James said they would now show staff the plans and "invite them to come back with their alternative views on how we might do things differently".

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