Poor Joshua Norton was not dangerous or violent, but he no longer knew what was real and what was only imaginary.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

He said, my apologies for not answering your letter but my health is poor and--but it was a long letter.

他写道,非常抱歉没能及时回复,我身体欠佳,这是一封很长的信

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John Moody died in the 1950s, but after he died, Moody's and Standard & Poor did something that Moody would not have approved of -they started accepting fees from the people they rate; some people think that you shouldn't do that.

约翰·穆迪在20世纪50年代去世,他死后,穆迪公司和标准普尔做了一些,穆迪绝对不会允许的事情...,他们开始接受被评级者所缴纳的费用,有些人认为不应该这样做

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But there's no doubt that even on a poor night - and I'm not saying he had a poor night against Liechtenstein - Wayne Rooney does things that put you on the edge of your seat.

BBC: SPORT | Football | Internationals | England | Why Rooney is 10 years ahead of his time

However, he insisted that his form was not poor - it was just a case of the errors he did make being punished in a way they were not previously.

BBC: Boruc admits to personal problems

Similarly, although Mr Clinton was bold enough to remove the federal guarantee of welfare payments to the poor, he has not yet dared to question the guaranteed payments the better-off receive, nor to touch the preferential umbrella that shelters women and blacks.

ECONOMIST: Whatever happened?