"They bought the seedlings and closed them down," complained Paul Arnold, a partner at San Francisco-based Switch Ventures, putting an end to businesses that might one day turn into competitors.

总部位于旧金山的 Switch 风险投资公司合伙人保罗·阿诺德抱怨道，“他们买下这些初创企业然后将其关闭”，将那些有朝一日可能会成长为竞争对手的企业扼杀于摇篮。

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Even Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's Republican governor and former action movie star, has stalled on accepting a prime time speaking slot at McCain's convention in St Paul next month.

即便是前动作电影影星，现任加州州长的共和党人阿诺-施瓦辛格都推掉行程答应参加麦凯恩下月的共和党大会的黄金时段演说。

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Within a few years, I released a book, Lives Charmed, which featured juicy interviews with Leeza Gibbons, Arnold Palmer, Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Williams, and Woody Harrelson.

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