Last month the central bank cut short-term interest rates by half a point. It did so to help keep problems in the housing and credit markets from harming the wider economy and causing a recession.

上个月中央银行把短期利率下调了0.5个百分点，这么做是为了不让房产和信贷市场的问题损害到更多的经济领域，造成经济萧条。

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During the second half of his short life, Poe went after a literary career in New York, Richmond, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.

在他短暂生涯中的第二段时期，坡以一名文学工作者的身份去往纽约，里士满，费城和巴尔的摩。

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It's really short, less than half a minute; just a piece of cake for you.

视频很短才不到半分钟，对你而言就是小菜一碟。

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Portugal's borrowing costs rose sharply Wednesday as it sold almost one and a half billion dollars in short-term securities.

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To confirm that this is so, Ms Welch stripped the eggs out of several females (not as horrible a process as it sounds), divided each batch of eggs into two, and inseminated half with sperm from a long-calling male and half with sperm from a short-calling male.

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The interesting historical detective work, and some neat demolition of myths and conspiracy theories, bring Mr Fitzgibbons half-way through a short book.

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It has a very short half-life, which in practical terms means that it goes in and out of the body very quickly.

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