The agency admitted that agreeing to this "was not at all standard operating procedure and is against our policies, and the assignment on those terms should have been declined."

这一机构承认，与其达成一致“一点都不是标准操作程序，且与我们的政策相左，我们本应当拒绝那些条款上的任务的。”

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Cell phones account for about half of all operating revenue in China's telecom industry, with short message and wireless Internet services seen as important growth sectors, the agency said.

在中国电信行业，手机业务占到了大约所有运营营收中的一半，其中手机短信和无线互联网服务被视作重要的增长点。

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The World Food Program's Samkange says normally his agency aims to have enough food and supplies in stock to cover three months, but at the moment they are operating on a month-by-month basis.

世界粮食计划署的萨姆坎戈说，通常世粮署会储备足够用三个月的粮食和其它物资，但是现在，他们只能过一个月算一个月。

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U.S.officials have never confirmed the use of Predator drones, but it is widely reported that the Central Intelligence Agency has used them to kill suspected terrorist leaders operating in Pakistan's largely ungoverned tribal areas along its border with Afghanistan.

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His commissioners would serve as "operating" agency heads, he said.

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But the managing director of another teacher recruitment agency operating in several different parts of England, who did not want to be identified, said that the issues of race and ethnicity could be confused with English language skills.

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Having reached its borrowing limit, the mail agency is operating with little cash on hand.

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