Utah had the fewest smokers, at just 13 percent, while Kentucky and west Virginia tied for first place at 31 percent.

犹他州成年人吸烟比例最低，为13%，而肯塔基、西弗吉尼亚双双以31%的比例位居第一。

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Bank of America is down 1.5 percent, after reporting a loss in the fourth quarter because of rising costs tied to home loans.

美国银行股价下跌1.5%，该银行公布第四季度出现亏损，主要是因为于房屋抵押贷款相关的成本持续增长。

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Recent polls place Gore in third place with about 10 percent support, well behind Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and roughly tied with John Edwards.

最近的民意测验显示，戈尔以约10%的支持率仅次于希拉里·克林顿和巴拉克·欧巴玛，位居第三，紧随其后的是约翰·爱德华兹。

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When you look at the Consumer Price Index, perhaps 20 percent is tied to oil and food so the inflation in the index must work higher.

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The federal budget deficit follows at 8 percent, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at 6 percent, education and terrorism tied at 5 percent, and energy policy at 2 percent.

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On the non-endangered cubicle list, professionals from around the globe selected tablets (55 percent), cloud storage (54 percent), flexible working hours and smartphones (which tied at 52 percent) as office tools that are becoming more ubiquitous.

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