They were threatening to dismember an empire that he had painstakingly built up over five decades.

他们威胁将肢解阿道夫•默克尔在50年里辛辛苦苦建立起来的商业帝国。

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But the shocking fact is that, despite massive material progress, people in Britain are no happier than they were over five decades ago.

但是令人震惊的事实是，尽管大量的物质生活在提高，生活在英国的人们并没有像生活在50多年前的人们那样幸福。

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Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use.

在过去50年里，改良的农业科技技术显著提高了农作物的产量，耕种面积扩大了12%。

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Despite his phenomenal success over five decades, Cliburn remained humble and gracious, friends said.

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Bafta chairman John Willis said Palin had made "an incredible contribution to the medium over five decades".

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However, over five decades, more than the 30 companions have been unique characters with their own back-story.

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