They've had a few injury problems and missed a few key players.

他们有一些伤病，失去了一些关键球员。

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Don had been an administrator in the Little Rock system a few years earlier, so he knew a lot of the players, and he had a friendly, low-key manner and got along well with most of them.

几年以前，他还在小石城做过行政管理工作。 对那里的各方面的人物都非常熟悉，他待人友好、举止低调，和多数人相处得很好。

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With talent spread evenly, a few key players or a new coach can tip the scales.

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If you want to avoid a mass exodus (or even the loss of a few key players) as more jobs become available, make inspiring and engaging your employees a top priority.

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"In the last few years, they have missed out on key players because their hands were tied by too much debt, " said Sam Hamadeh, chief executive of research firm PrivCo LLC.

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