By the way, there were lots of flat-like buildings in former Soviet Union, in which there were public toilets, bathrooms and kitchens.

顺便说一句，前苏联人盖过一些宿舍式的房子，有公用的卫生间、盥洗室和厨房，这就给吐痰提供了方便。

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The former command recursively copies the /path/to/lots/of/stuff directory to your current directory, preserving the original time and date stamps.

前面的命令将 /path/to/lots/of/stuff 目录递归地复制到您的当前目录，并保持其原始的时间和日期戳。

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"You can see it for yourself, " Weaver moaned to a reporter, staring Friday at all the vacant lots, overrun with weeds that are taller than he is, at all the abandoned shells of former homes, many of them still marked with the spray-painted "X" that became the grim symbol of a great American city nearly wiped off the map.

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As a former academic, I had lots of practice determining the interest levels of 18-21 year olds.

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