Even if comparisons are easier, wholesale prices, which make up more than 50% of a bill, are hard to verify.

即使价格比对更加清楚，但占了能源账单一半多的批发价格还是很难核实。

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Even the governor admits the bill is too broadly drawn and will be hard to enforce.

即便是这个州长也说这个法案的牵涉面太广，很难执行。

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You could also buy a small wine cooler and follow the same guidelines: If you keep your wine fridge in a cool place, it won't have to work so hard, keeping your energy bill down.

你也可以买个小型葡萄酒冷酒器，放置地点同样应该遵循上面所说的原则：如果你把葡萄酒冷酒器放在一个凉爽的地方，它就不需要大马力地拼命工作，你的电费也就不会太高。

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The bill provided 700 billion dollars to buy hard-to-value securities from banks.

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If - as expected - the bill is ratified by parliament and by the hard-line Guardian Council, it will make Iran a member of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, which was created in 1999 and came into force in 2002.

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After the Republicans won control of the Congress in 1994, then president Bill Clinton was hard-pressed to advance his domestic agenda.

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