The proposal comes as a surprise because a commission enlisted to study the idea of allowing a "completed life" extension to current policy concluded there was no need for it.

这一提案让人大跌眼镜，因为受命对这一想法进行研究的委员会的结论是没有必要允许现行政策扩展至“人生完整”的人。

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He said the government could have asked the European Commission for an extension if it did not believe that it was the right time to sell.

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Entergy has applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a 20-year license extension, and the NRC will likely grant the extension.

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Moscow argued before a United Nations commission in 2001 that the ridge is an extension of its continental territory.

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