A pretty low starting point and as far as Alana was concerned, one that could only get better - and it did.

开局不妙，而且就阿拉娜而言，应该做得更好一点。

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At present, there are some problems in higher vocational colleges' e-reading rooms such as low starting point for construction and utilization rate and so on.

目前，高职院校电子阅览室存在着建设起点不高利用率低等问题。

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But retirement ages were actually higher after the second world war than they are now, and edged down to a low point around 1990, before starting to rise again.

但是实际上目前退休年龄是低于二战后的，战后退休年龄缓慢下调，于1990年左右渐落至最低点，随后便又开始升高。

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From this low starting-point, however, Mr Bush is spearheading what could be a big rethink in American aid policy.

ECONOMIST: American foreign aid

Despite a low starting-point for public debt, deficit overshoots have revealed insufficient central control over the 17 regions that are responsible for a big chunk of spending.

ECONOMIST: Spain and the markets

Still, there have been exceptions to the rule of starting at a low point.

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