One of Congress's final acts of sheer chutzpah was to vote itself a 91% pay rise, which the Supreme Court promptly overturned.

最为厚颜无耻的是，国会议员们经过投票决定将其开支的增幅提高91个百分点，所幸的是，这一行为被最高法院予以了及时的制止。

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Lord Browne argues that such fees have not deterred people from applying to university, which suggests that they will rise further after he comes up with final recommendations later in the year.

Browne勋爵认为现在的学费并没能阻止学生申请大学，这说明在他年末给出财政建议后学费会继续上涨。

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If the efforts to seal off the leak that was left behind do not succeed soon, the final tally of destruction, if not death, may rise quite quickly.

一旦早已延迟的封堵漏油井的努力未能成功，即使没有人员死亡，那么最终的损失统计数据将可能急速攀升。

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The price of oil and gold are likely to rise for the final 3 months of QE2 buttesssed by the widespread geopolitical unrest, and the approach of the summer driving season.

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He is stuck, however, with the grandiose requirements of the Potter franchise, which deems that every installment should rise to a final joust between good and evil, whether we like it or not.

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That is risky: if it fights on and loses a large number of cases, and is punished with vast awards against it, the costs of any final settlement are sure to rise accordingly.

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