Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious.

那些位于高层社会的人们也同样地忧虑。

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Those higher up the rungs appear to be treated better-though they, too, are sworn to secrecy.

地位高一点的人受到的待遇就会好一些—但是他们也要盟誓保密。

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"Those who scored higher on those measures of social relationships were 50 percent more likely to be alive at that follow-up than people who scored low on those measures."

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They are then used by prosecutors to uncover evidence of wrongdoing by those higher up the chain.

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The report says childcare costs are also eroding incentives to work for those higher up the income scale.

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Those higher up the chains of command in such organisations also sometimes genuinely want to help, but even more so want to protect their staff.

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