And,U2's manager says the band has worked hard to make sure tickets are lower in cost than in the past so that fans can afford to attend the shows.

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This all came hard and at the cost, I'm sure, of a lot of human life and a lot of misery.

一切都变得艰难了,我确定,这夺走了很多人的生命,造成了很多痛苦

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Your anti-corruption compliance program has access to excellent (and expensive) technology at no incremental hard cost.

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But the glitter of e-tailing is fool's gold compared to cold hard cost savings through B2B (business-to-business) electronic commerce.

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It may also mean dodging hard cost-cutting.

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