Bruce's mission is to get publishers to change this 70-year-old practice (it started in the Depression of the 1930s).

Bruce的目标就是让出版商改变这个有70年历史的惯例(始于20世纪30年代的大萧条时期)。

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Mr Lynch says that in some ways this mirrors the old practice of fishermen leaving for long periods of time at sea.

Lynch先生说在某种程度上，这就是过去渔民长期出海打鱼的做法的翻版。

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Can you name three current software development practices that are both "new" and "important?" (new might mean simply an old practice that has gained new prominence.)

可否请您指出当前的三种既“新”又“重要”的软件开发实践呢？

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With much of the tribal region dominated by several Taliban factions, the government is turning to an old practice of striking agreements with local tribal militias, called lashkars,to handle security.

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In fact, there are some very old books that show this as the average, the sum divided by two arithmetic mean, but the modern practice is to use the geometric mean.

事实上，一些很老的书籍上,平均的定义就是算数意义的，总的来说被分为两种算数意义，但现代我们多用几何意义。

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Few customs offer as much insight into someone's personality than the age-old practice of tipping.

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The old practice of grading concussions to predict recovery times is now a thing of the past.

FORBES: Safety Prevails -- In Updated Guidelines To Manage Concussions

If this is perceived as unfair, would you prefer the old practice of administrative suasion and regulatory forbearance?

ECONOMIST: Modernising Moldova