It enabled more households to smooth their consumption over time, reducing their financial hardship in lean times.

它使得更多家庭可以轧平消费波动，减轻它们在贫乏时期的财务困境。

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Thomas, who lives in southern New Hampshire, began feeding the deer near her home in 2007, when a failure of the acorn crop led her to put out corn for the many wild creatures facing a lean time.

汤玛士生活在新罕布什尔州南部，二零零七年那里的橡子作物歉收，她拿出很多谷物喂给许多面对饥荒的野生动物，从那时开始她在自己家附近喂养野鹿。

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In fact, going beyond compliance saves cost at the same time that it generates cash, provided that management adopts the new lean and green model.

事实上，如果管理层采用新的精益和绿色管理模式，超越合规性可以在产生现金的同时节约成本。

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The baby will open its mouth twice, the second time with a nice wide mouth, and lean in to grasp the breast.

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And, tapping his auto parts experience, he introduced the just-in-time inventory-control system and lean manufacturing, which emphasizes reducing wasteful processes in order to make better products and respond quickly to customers.

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At the same time, distribution channel inventories are at lean levels and industry capacity remains tight.

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In case you missed the 43-year-old Facebook executive speaking with Oprah or on the cover of Time, the thesis of her "Lean In" book is this: We have educated a generation of women well, but too few make it to the top rungs.

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