When people first devise some new financial instrument it typically has trouble.

当某种金融工具刚被设计出来时,它通常会存在问题

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At the scientific level it poses new challenges for the scientists to devise new technologies that are not available anywhere.

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At one time the technique was widely used within corporations to help come up with new product ideas or to devise radically new manufacturing processes.

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Instead, politicians in both parties use the funds to devise new programs that are near impossible to sunset.

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