We had lesbian celebrities taking a stand for our rights, gay and lesbian athletes made great strides and gay marriage and civil unions passed in several places.

我们有女同性恋名人们采取坚定的立场为我们争取权益，男女同性恋运动员们在赛场上突飞猛进，同性恋结婚和民间社团在一些地方也获得了通过。

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So we had made great strides from where we had been in 2008.

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Senior Fed officials painted a picture of a healing industry, saying the banks had made great strides since the tests were started in 2009.

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David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, told a Senate panel on Tuesday that American and Iraqi forces had made great strides toward the goal of bringing security to the country, but called for an open-ended suspension of troop withdrawals that he said could jeopardize progress.

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