What doesn't bring down the number of polar bears according to this passage?

根据这篇文章，是什么没有减少北极熊的数量？

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In fact, it's been wreaking havoc ever since 1982 the passage of time hasn't quelled of the number of crank calls.

事实上，自从1982年以来，这个号码带来了无尽的灾难，并且时间的流逝也并没有减少骚扰电话的次数。

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There is nothing magical about the mere passage of time that causes risks to decline in number and severity.

导致风险数量减少风险程度降低的纯粹时间段并不是什么不可思议的。

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This passage I read at length is important for a number of reasons let me just try to explain.

我读出这一长段是基于几个重要的理由,我会加以解释。

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The passage of the AIA drove down the number of defendants named in patent suits, but also drove up the number of suits filed by trolls.

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Lookouts for La Familia had been noting our passage, calling in our license-plate number, for the past twenty miles, according to my companions, a regional official named Veronica Medina, as I will call her, and Isaac Reyes, a journalist for an online agency.

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There are also political parallels to the debate over same-sex marriage, the passage of which in 2011 depended on a small number of Senate Republican votes joining with a much larger number of Democrats.

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