But only those few spores that settle down in very favorable locations can start a new life; the vast majority fall on barren ground.

但只有那些降落在非常有利位置的孢子才能开始新的生活；绝大多数的孢子降落在贫瘠的土地上。

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Microsoft's own Office dominates the market for "productivity" software, but the start-ups represented a new wave of technology designed from the ground up for the smartphone world.

微软自己的 Office 软件在“生产力”软件市场上占据主导地位，但这些初创公司代表了为智能手机世界从头开始设计的一波新技术浪潮。

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"We have been very clear to the Assad regime -- but also to other players on the ground -- that a red line for us is, we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized, " he told reporters.

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"Rather than focus on some grandiose symbolism, start on the ground--where the 6-foot human interacts with the space around him, " suggests John (Jack) Portman III, chief executive of John Portman Associates, an Atlanta architecture and development firm.

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Then little-known start-ups like Baidu were just getting off the ground, and the web and mobile communications boom that today ranks the country No. 1 in users of both was still relatively young.

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