Officials said it would take days to restore all outages, while commuter trains in Connecticut and New York were suspended or delayed because of downed trees and signal problems.

官方人士表示，恢复电力供应还有待时日。由于树木倒塌、信号受阻，往返于康涅狄格州和纽约市的火车要么延迟，要么就直接停开了。

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The crew was given the all-clear signal at 2:41 p.m., NASA said, less than two hours before the 4:21 p.m. estimate officials had given for when the debris was expected to pass by the station.

美国宇航局表示，预测人员估计太空碎片将于4点21分经过空间站，宇航员们在约两小时之前的2点41分收到警报解除信号。

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Japanese officials seem to have sent a clear signal to the markets and we will soon see whether the action will have a lasting effect.

日本官员看来向市场发出了清晰的信号，我们很快将看到干预是否起到持续的效果。

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The pact fell apart, though, after Mr. Khamenei ruled against it, these officials said a signal of Mr. Ahmadinejad's limited power.

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In an interview in August Maude outlined one example where he said a permanent secretary's behaviour was "designed to give a signal to all the officials in the room that they needn't bother about what Francis Maude wanted".

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Wherever we went - even to countries of little consequence - presenting our national passport was a signal to immigration and customs officials to be on alert.

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