The final straw came at the end of last year when the extent of the Madoff scandal was revealed.

去年年底麦道夫丑闻波及范围的曝光成为了（压垮骆驼的）最后一根稻草。

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I was still shagging him as we approached the end of our third and final year and I wasn’t looking forward to graduation day when I would have to see him with his family – and her.

直到我们大三甚至临近毕业的时候，我仍然和他发生着关系，我希望毕业那一天永远不要来临，我不想看到他和他的家人在一起，当然还有她。

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The RSAC has made recommendations for a final rule that FRA will issue before the end of calendar year 2009.

铁路安全咨询委员会已对规定终稿提出了建议，联邦铁路局将在2009年年底完成定稿。

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Proposed prices are due around the middle of the year, and final ones towards the end of the year.

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The FDA will probably follow the panel's recommendation--meaning that a combination of Roche's Pegasys and another drug called Copegus could receive final FDA approval by year's end.

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However, the government will not make the final decision until the end of the year on whether to build the stadium although the football, rugby and GAA governing bodies have all committed to the project.

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