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In both North America and Europe, fungus-causing diseases such as Dutch elm disease have killed off millions of stately trees that once gave beauty to forests and cities.

在北美和欧洲，像荷兰榆树病这样的真菌疾病已经杀死了数百万棵曾给森林和城市增光添彩的高大树木。

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The other day I was reading about a very successful hedge-fund manager who ripped off millions from his clients, got caught, faked his suicide, and went on the lam.

有一天，我读到了一篇文章。里面提到一位很成功的对冲基金经理诈骗了客户们上百万的资金，被捕后，他用假自杀逃避了法律的制裁。

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"But for those who were laid off last month and the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs in this recession, a good trend is not good enough.

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"We cannot build a stable global economy when hundreds of millions of workers and families find themselves on the wrong side of globalization, cut off from markets and out of reach of modern technologies."

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While The Jay Leno Show won't deliver much by way of ancillary revenue streams like syndication, international and DVDs, it will shave millions off the network's weekly production budget.

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Just look at the lavish payouts accorded to Orszag and Treasury Secretary-designate Jacob Lew, who, after serving in the bureaucracy, make millions off the same Wall Street firms that have so benefited from administration policies.

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The great unknown, at least from a financial standpoint, is whether all these accolades and millions of off-network fans will lead to appreciable sums of money in the bank.

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