When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.

在20世纪50年代末汽车影院最受欢迎的时候，美国大约有4000家汽车影院，但如今，这个数字还不到当时的四分之一。

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Investors now account for a quarter of all land purchases in some states.

在有些州，农业用地交易有四分之一为投资者所购买。

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Big emerging economies accelerated first and fastest. China's output, which stalled but never fell, was growing by an annualised rate of some 17% in the second quarter.

新型经济体率先实现经济提速且异军突起：中国的产能虽然一度放缓，当从未出现下跌的情况，第二季度仍然达到了17%的年增长率。

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so it's gonna have some impact on the third quarter, maybe leaking in the fourth quarter Um, I haven't looked at the details I might not get a check If I did, I just take in the check and go and say that we wouldn't spend it.

该计划产生的影响,或许要到第三季度才有所体现，当然也许会蔓延至第四季度,嗯，我个人也还没有深入研究,我也许并会去领支票,即使领了，我也只是拿到后离开,然后说，我们才不会花掉呢。

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The company is in a high growth stage, despite hitting some road bumps in the most recent quarter in which it expects some subscriber losses due to service and cost restructuring.

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In an interview with Forbes today, Avnet CEO Rick Hamada noted that revenues for the quarter faced some currency headwind in the quarter.

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Turnout was painfully low - below a third of voters in local elections, below a quarter in some referendums.

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