Cheaper Japanese silk, trade in which was greatly facilitated by the opening of the Suez Canal, was one of the many factors driving the trend.

随着苏伊士运河的开通极大地促进了日本丝绸贸易，更廉价的日本丝绸是推动这一趋势的众多因素之一。

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“And NASA will be driving competition, opening new markets and access to space and catalyzing the potential of American industry.”

NASA鼓励竞争，并努力开拓太空市场，激发美国工业的巨大潜力。

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When people are mobile, like driving a car, they are not reading, they are not watching video, they are not opening email.

当人们在移动时，例如驾驶轿车，他们将不会阅读，不会观看电视，更不会打开电邮。

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The big forces driving that opening are independent of the games (see article).

ECONOMIST: The Beijing Olympics

On other business fronts, Merkel was the driving force behind opening Deutsche Telecom, still 15% owned by the state, to investment from the Blackstone Group, an American private equity firm.

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On other business fronts, Merkel was the driving force behind opening Deutsche Telecom (nyse: DT - news - people ), still 15% owned by the state, to investment from the Blackstone Group, an American private equity firm.

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