Only a decade earlier, such an act would have required legislative approval in Virginia.

仅在十年前，这样的法案本来还需要弗吉尼亚州的立法批准。

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Yet only a decade earlier, GM, Ford and Chrysler were minting money, churning out the highly profitable pickups and SUVs that Americans loved and only Detroit knew how to make.

然而就在十年前，通用、福特和克莱斯勒简直就是印钞机，它们大量生产利润很高的轻型卡车和SUV，美国人很喜欢这些车，而且这些车只有底特律能够生产。

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That's 11.2% of total consumer spending, up from 9.3% a decade earlier and only 4% in 1959, adjusted for inflation.

占总消费额的11.2%，在通胀调整后，比十年前的9.3%和1959年的4%高出很多。

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But only a decade ago, earlier products called "home income plans" made similar promises to older people to release money tied up in their houses.

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Mr Brown's pitch was that, as prime minister, he would offer a change, not only from his own earlier incarnation but also from the previous decade of Labour rule.

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