He could hardly say so to her outright; it would seem too gross a bribe.

可是他不能直截了当这么说，否则岂不成了粗俗的收买。

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Steve Gross, a global practice leader at consulting firm Mercer LLC, says some executives are eliminating jobs' as a preventive measure 'in anticipation of a long recession.

咨询公司Mercer LLC的全球薪酬事务负责人格罗斯(Steve Gross)说，一些企业因预计将有长期衰退而提前采取预防性的裁员措施。

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President Obama had this reaction to Thursday's report on the gross domestic product a wide measure of goods and services in the economy.

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Well, that's because it's actually not a gross constituent unit in a semiotic system, right?

哈哈，这是因为,红灯不是这一符号系统的一个完整单元？

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GDP Furthermore, Reagan reduced spending as a proportion of gross domestic product and Clinton reduced it even further You have a bipartisan achievement which alas in the current circumstances it slips.

另外，里根根据,按比例削减了政府开支,到克林顿执政时，开支进一步减少了,这是两党共同努力的结果,不过可惜如今已不复存在了。

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Producers saw little change, cutting a few gross longs and adding a couple of gross shorts, ultimately raising their net short position.

FORBES: FOCUS: Speculators Return As Gold Buyers -- CFTC Data

They added a few gross longs and cut a modest number of gross shorts.

FORBES: Speculators Pile Into Gold Futures, Options -- CFTC

This legislation could make a difference for Bruce Gross, a father of three in Baltimore.

CNN: Hardworking Americans should not be living in poverty