The former library was a rather grim place, built in the 1970s with black glass and brown shelving.

莱斯特大学的旧图书馆建于上世纪70年代，黑色的玻璃和棕色的书架，相当得冷酷可怕。

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This coffee shop was built with the intention to retain the former structure of the building and all the old glass boards have also been preserved.

该咖啡厅保留了原建筑结构，所有旧玻璃板都被保存了下来。

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Shall we with pains erect a heaven of blue glass over ourselves, though when it is done we shall be sure to gaze still at the true ethereal heaven far above, as if the former were not?

我们是否要费力去在头顶上面建立一个蓝色玻璃的天空呢，虽然完成后我们还要凝望那遥远得多的真实的天空，把前者视作并未建立过的一样？

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So says Russell Glass, the former second-in-command to billionaire buyout artist Carl Icahn.

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Mr Bauer had to install his glass door because his former campaign chairman, Charles Jarvis, complained that Mr Bauer was spending time behind an opaque one with a female assistant.

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"In terms of a coach, he's very much glass half-empty rather than glass half-full, " said Mark Lawrenson, the former Liverpool defender.

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