Through science we've got the idea of associating progress with the future.

通过科学我们已有了将进步与未来联系起来的观念。

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The idea that America stood for some kind of progress, that America meant a prosperous future was just common coin.

那种美国代表了发展进步,代表了繁荣未来的想法是双方共有的

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Mr Lo has a novel idea for future crises: creating a financial equivalent of the National Transport Safety Board, which investigates every civil-aviation crash in America.

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Firstly, obviously, we need to have some idea of what future emissions are going to be.

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Perhaps the financial-advice industry survives because the idea that the future is unknowable is just unsatisfying.

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