The Numbers were a disappointment to economists who had held out hope that December might have recorded the first net job gains seen in the United States in nearly two years.

这个数字令经济学家十分失望，因为此前他们预言12月可能成为美国两年来首次就业出现正增长的月份。

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The hieroglyphs date back to the ninth century, making them hundreds of years older than the calendars in the Maya Codices, which were recorded in bark-paper books from 1300 to 1521.

这些象形文字可以追溯到九世纪，比玛雅刻本历法提早了数百年。 玛雅刻本于公元1300年到1521年记载在树皮纸做的书上。

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Methods 159 cataract surgical procedures were performed in 112 patients older than 70 years, the changes of heart rate during the surgery were recorded and analyzed.

方法使用心电监护仪观察记录我院112例70岁以上159眼白内障患者术中的心率变化，并与基础心率相比较，以分析眼心反射发生的情况。

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Colonel Parker made sure that songs Elvis had recorded earlier were released during the years he was in the army.

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Pressures to raise prices in manufacturing were at their highest for more than two years and the highest recorded in retail.

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According to the European Environment Agency, 200 tsunamis were recorded over the last 500 years around the Mediterranean and the University of Bologna indicated recently that on average in the last four centuries Italy has been hit by 15 tsunamis every 100 years.

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The pair of ospreys first nested at Bassenthwaite Lake in 2001 as the result of a natural recolonisation of England and they were the first recorded pair to breed in Lakeland for at least 150 years.

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