So he decided to take Yao in and pay her a probationary salary, even though she didn`t ask for anything.

因此，陈决定给姚一个机会，并付给她试用期工资，虽然她并没有提出任何要求。

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" It is a good sign and it is very quick for a president to receive the Nobel Prize even though he didn't finish a whole year in his term,"

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In August, Armstrong said he wouldn't fight the charges, though he didn't admit guilt either.

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The president also said they talked at length about increasing oil production and maybe even creating something called an oil fund that he says would be for the Iraqi people, though he didn't elaborate on any of the specifics of that point.

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First of all I was there at the inauguration of Nelson Mandela, with Prince Philip, with Douglas Hurd and it was a remarkable, a remarkable time because I'd been with Nelson just a year before and he didn't look as though anything like that was ever going to happen.

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