Not long ago, just being in IRC was enough to forge bonds between chatters.

不久前，只需参加因特网中继聊天就足以在聊天者之间建立联系。

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I hope I'm not being too long-winded.

我希望我不是太啰嗦。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Not long after, the stolen data was showing up on fake cards and being used for online purchases.

不久后，被盗的数据出现在了假卡上，用于在线购物。

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White House officials said this was not the president's long-awaited speech to the Muslim world, although it is being seen as part of his outreach to members of the Islamic faith.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Well, first of all, you may not survive for long, if you truly don't accept the fact that things, people being no exception fall when left in mid-air.

首先，你可能活不长，如果你不接受，人会从半空中掉下来的事实。

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Anyway, that shows that I think probability theory does have a long history, but-- it not being an intellectual discipline-- it didn't really inform a generation of finance theory.

不管怎样,这个故事表明概率论,确实有很悠久的历史,但,那时它并非以学科形式存在,也没有对金融理论的产生有过指导意义

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We believe there are simply too many incremental revenue opportunities to risk not being long the stock before they are leaked or announced.

FORBES: Apple's New Product Potential, Including Bigger-Screen iPhone, Is A Reason to Love Shares

Then bass player Gerard Smith, 36, died in April, not long after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

CNN: Soundcheck: TV on the Radio, a band to see and hear

That suggests, at least for the shareholders of some acquirers, that value was not being destroyed in the long term.

ECONOMIST: Hostile bids are back again. Who should rejoice?