It's because of their long history of desert living where time is not the first thing to think about.

这是因为它们有在沙漠中生活的悠久历史，在那里时间并不是首先要考虑的事情。

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20 years is not long, when compared with a nation's history; and yet to individuals, 20 years is long enough to change the fate of an entire generation.

对于国家历史来说，20年的时间不算长；而对于个人，20年时间已经足以改变一代人的命运。

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A seasoned executive with a long history in Silicon Valley — not to mention one familiar with the company. Whitman, 55, has been an HP director since early this year.

现年55岁的惠特曼长期在硅谷打拼，是一位经验丰富的高管，而且她在今年年初成为惠普公司董事，对公司也非常了解。

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in others there are not. And there is a long history of animosity between drivers and cyclists here.

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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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The classical hoplite formation then was not the long lived military institution of scholarly tradition, but merely one phase in a history of almost four centuries of slow change towards ever denser and more cohesive heavy infantry formations."

这种方阵的形成,并不是经过长期传承的传统军事制度,只是步兵阵型演变的一个阶段,战阵逐渐向更加紧密坚固的步兵阵型转化,而这个变化持续了约有四个世纪"

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Not long in economic history.

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The Beltran Leyva family has had a long history in the narcotic business and not long ago it formed part of the Sinaloa federation which controlled the access to the U.S. border in Sonora State.

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There is a reason active management has a long history of not paying off: they can get away with it.

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