Even a year ago, this seemed an absurd question.

就在一年前，这似乎还是个可笑的问题。

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All this goes well beyond what anyone in Brussels thought possible even a year ago.

所有这些在一年前的布鲁塞尔不会有任何人可以想到。

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Even a year ago, it was unwise for reporters to drive around the country or city without guards.

甚至在一年以前，在没有卫队护送的情况下开车出去随便转转，都算得上是不明智的举动。

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"We have seen some diminution." But even if the U.S.economy is losing jobs at a slower pace than half a year ago, the overall unemployment picture remains bleak, according to Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group.

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Chuck Berry, one can see -- even I, every so often in the facility of Saint Louis -- I saw him a year or two ago, playing guitar and doing something approximating a dog walk.

很多人都看过Chuck，Berry表演，我也经常看,就在一两年前，我在圣路易斯,看到他弹着吉他，做着舞步,有点像一只狗在走路。

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To be sure, vacancies in even relatively resilient sectors are less prevalent today than they were even a year ago.

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Although legal challenges to health care overhaul are in motion, the reform is now law, something that seemed highly questionable even a year ago.

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