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The scale of the searches has been increased dramatically since 1992, when the US Congress voted NASA $10 million per year for ten years to conduct a thorough search for extra-terrestrial life.

自1992年，美国国会计划在未来10年里每年为美国国家航空航天局投入1,000万美元，用于彻底搜寻外星生命体以来，搜寻的规模开始大幅增长。

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'Our daily job is as intense and thorough as it has ever been,' Mr. Stephens said. 'These issues that have come up were really a surprise for us — but a wake-up call because things can slip by.'

斯蒂芬斯说，我们的日常工作是有史以来最紧张而全面的，这些已经出现的问题实在是出乎我们意料，但它们也警醒了我们，因为有些问题可能不引人注意。

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At a news briefing, State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said the United States has been urging Sri Lankan authorities to open up the northern region to international organizations, and to conduct a thorough investigation of the charges.

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As usual, the former Scotland manager has been thorough in his preparation, enlisting the help of his old friend Richard Moller Nielsen, the man who led Denmark to success at Euro 92, to get the lowdown on Thursday's opposition.

BBC: Steelmen out to defy Danes

He has been angling for a pact with the more nationalist bits of the mainstream right, which has been in a thorough muddle since its defeat in the general election a year ago.

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This has been a necessarily thorough process in order to understand the cause of the accident.

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