Before 1955, most white people were just shadowy presences in our world, vague figures of power like remote bosses at the mill or clerks at the bank.

1955年以前，大多数白人在我们的世界里只是影子般的存在，就像工厂里高高在上的老板或银行职员那样的模糊的权力人物。

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All across town, stores sell Moutai's distinctive white bottle, and chemical vendors shamelessly hawk additives that can turn run-of-the-mill homemade spirits into liquid gold.

整个镇子里，到处都有出售罐装茅台酒的独特的白瓶，小贩明目张胆地沿街叫卖，出售可将普通家制白酒变成黄金液体的化学添加剂。

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Walls, ceilings and flooring are sheathed in white oak. The FSC-certified lumber was sourced from a small, family-owned mill in Pennsylvania.

墙壁、天花板和地板都覆盖了白橡木。在FSC认证的木材是从宾夕法尼亚州的一家小型家庭拥有的工厂获得的。

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Starting in 1992, the company cut 91 of the mill division's 526 white-collar jobs.

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Of course, it's not your run-of-the-mill fabric woven from fluffy white stuff.

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There was a stream alongside the road and far down the pass he saw a mill beside the stream and the falling water of the dam, white in the summer sunlight.

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