In some respects, the findings are curious, Emberson said, because when overhearing half a conversation you're actually hearing less sound than you'd hear while listening to a full conversation.

恩博森说，这些研究结果在有些方面令人好奇，因为一个人在旁听一半对话时听到的声音实际上要比倾听完整的对话时听到的要少。

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Thursday the group, its current label (Rhino Entertainment) and digital entertainment firm Curious Sense announced a three-and-a-half year partnership to produce and distribute the game, which is still unnamed.

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For one month a year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) converts this area into holiday central for NORAD's Santa Tracker, a half-century-old program that has become a thing of legend -- a curious juxtaposition of warfare preparedness and storybook magic.

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Surely it is a very curious electoral system that does guarantee outright victory to a party that receives less than half the vote.

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