Facing increasing opposition to this proposal, the prime minister said on December 5 that working more years would no longer be a condition for reforming the special pension schemes.

面对越来越多的对这份计划书的反对意见，首相在12月5日表示，改革特别养老金计划的条件不再是多工作几年。

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The ratio fell sharply as the baby boomers reached their prime saving years, hitting a low in 2000 at the time of dotcom mania.

当婴儿潮时代出生的人到达以存钱为主的年龄段时，比值急速下降，在2000年的网络狂潮中迎来低谷。

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In 2007, mortgage defaults around the country sparked a crash in the high-risk sub-prime mortgage market, creating the worst recession in 70 years.

2007年，全国各地住房抵押贷款违约引发了高风险的次级房贷市场崩溃，造成了70年来最严重的经济衰退。

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The Israeli Prime Minister said the Palestinians have imposed preconditions that they had not imposed before during 16 years of negotiations.

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Prime Minister Brown was blunt. "Confronted with the serial deception of many years, the international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand,".

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The four former top generals, who were suspected of playing a part in the February,2005 slaying of former Prime Minister Hariri, have been jailed for nearly four years.

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And frankly, the latest generation of US men has had the misfortune of playing during the prime years of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, two of the greatest ever to play the game.

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So the idea that the last ten years the Prime Minister has been guilty of spin and the Chancellor has been innocent of it, just isn't backed up by reality.

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Mr Brown's government had been seeking to increase the numbers of homes being built in recent years, but the prime minister admitted that "we failed over many years to build enough houses to meet the need that was there".

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