As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis.

一般来说，当任何活动以一种常规的形式开展时就会变得无聊。

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But that lead me to wonder - are there any general rules of thumb about when the best time is to buy stuff?

但是这让我想知道——存在最佳买东西的一般规律么？

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Attorney General Eric Holder named longtime Connecticut prosecutor John Durham to lead the investigation.

总检察长霍尔德(Eric Holder)任命长期担任康涅狄格州检察官的达勒姆(John Durham)领导这项调查。

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Among other things, it calls on the secretary-general to appoint a special representative to lead efforts to end sexual violence.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

He assumed that such a course would lead to progress and the general improvement of the human condition, and it was that sort of thinking that lay at the heart of the scientific revolution and remains the faith on which modern science and technology rest.

他认为这将会引领进步,全面提升人类的生存状况,正是这个学说成为了,科技革命的核心并为现代科学技术,的发展奠定了良好的基础

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The Senate is expected to quickly confirm General David Petraeus to lead the nearly nine-year-old war.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

The surgeon general can lead that attitude change with more authority than any other public official.

CNN: Obama needs a 'Plan B' on guns

Allen said a one-star coalition general will lead an investigation into Saturday's deaths.

WSJ: Airstrike Ravages U.S.-Pakistan Ties

Its roots go back to 1998, when Ron Motley, a South Carolina lawyer and veteran of the tobacco settlements, met state attorneys-general and identified lead-based paint as a promising area for public litigation.

ECONOMIST: Environmental risks