This forced firms to think more about their competitors and where they stood in relation to them rather than where they stood in terms of their own history.

这迫使企业更多地考虑他们的竞争对手以及竞争中自己所处位置，而不是从自己历史的角度考虑自身位置。

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Related to this is the benefit of gaining the ability and discipline to deconstruct large tasks; sprints forced the development team to think in terms of smaller-sized tasks.

与此相关的益处是，可获得解构大型任务的能力和规程；sprints强制开发团队以对待较小规模任务的方式思考。

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The first deal was forced: ING Direct had to be divested under the terms of its Dutch parent's bail-out.

第一宗交易是出于无奈，因为根据ING Direct的荷兰母公司的救助条款规定，其必须被转让。

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Other companies are forced to drill by the terms of joint ventures they signed when the outlook on gas prices was rosier.

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During the first of his two tours of duty in Afghanistan, Staff Sergeant Giunta was forced early on to come to terms with the loss of comrades and friends.

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"Pope Benedict followed the same script church officials have used for years, speaking of abuse in oblique terms and only when forced to do so, ignoring the coverups, using past tense, " wrote Barbara Dorris, spokeswoman for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

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