You've had a harrowing time this past month.

在这过去的一个月里，你已经历了一段痛苦的日子。

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State management did not work in the past; could this time be different?

国家管理在过去没起过作用，这一次，会有不同吗？

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Economists have often disagreed in the past, but this time the tone is different.

以往，经济学家就常常意见不合，但这次的语气有所不同。

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In the past, this expression was used as an argument to re-elect a president, especially during a time when the country was at war.

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Well a number of you have spent this past week playing with this particular tool which is a project the course has been working on for some time in an effort to make it easier and more social to actually shop for courses.

在过去的一周里,已经有一部分人开始使用这种特殊的工具了,这门课程一直在致力于这一工具的开发,目的是为了让课程变的更简单,选课更人性化。

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I said, "We don't have time for this" and I just whipped past it.

我当时说“没时间讲了“，就跳过没讲。

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Notorious for internecine squabbling in the past, this time round they ironed out their differences in advance and offered voters a complete package.

ECONOMIST: Out with the Social Democrats, in with the Moderates

While Yahoo has struggled to retain employees in the past, this time around it also is contending with the lure of a hot Silicon Valley job market.

WSJ: Yahoo Battles Brain Drain

Over the past few years, this time management system has taken the business world by storm.

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