A Cornell University study found that when a fixed portion of food was eaten from a large plate, diners felt they had been give a smaller than average portion, so ate more.

康奈尔大学的一项研究发现，同样份量的食物在大一号的盘子会误导用餐者，让他们感觉食物份量减少了，结果就吃得更多。

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There are concerns about the liquidity of this paper, but the yield pickup is substantial, 1.05 percentage points more than U. S. Treasurys on the fixed-rate portion of the Citi issue.

人们担心这部分债券的流动性，但收益率却出现了明显回升，花旗所发债券的固定利率部分的收益率比美国国债高出了1.05个百分点。

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The reason: Fixed interest expenses are absorbing a bigger and bigger share of state budgets, leaving a shrinking portion for everything else.

理由是，固定利率支出在州预算中的占比日益扩大，势必挤压其他支出占比。

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While the fixed portion was unknown, it seemed likely that it would remain at 0%.

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So hedging your fixed-income investments in the fixed-income portion of your portfolio is going to be very critical.

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If you decided to receive a fixed annuity, you should spend a portion of it and put the remainder in investments to supplement your fixed payments and keep up with inflation.

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