They found the lyrics got steadily more depressing up until 1985 and then levelled off around 1990.

他们发现，歌词部分始终弥漫着消沉的气息，并且这种情况一直在稳步加深，1985年达到了峰值。 而后开始略有改观，大约在1990年的时候，此类歌词逐步减少。

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But Saracens hit back after half-time and levelled up the game with a penalty try, a score from David Seymour and three Glen Jackson penalties.

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The advantage was to last less than a minute, as the home team levelled things up.

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Jones then thought he had levelled it up minutes later, only for his neat finish on the turn to be rightly ruled out for offside.

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