Most Russians remember the Brezhnev years as a painfully lengthy period of 'zastoi' -stagnation and decay.

大多数俄罗斯人都还记得勃列日涅夫时期痛苦而漫长的“zastoi”——停滞和衰退——岁月。

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This can often help by allowing the response of the system to naturally decay before the end of the sample period.

这通常有助于允许系统的响应在采样周期结束之前自然衰减到零。

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Reading thousands of books, people view decay period from a witty, also like to slander.

读万卷书，行万里路腐化时期的人较富于机智，也喜欢造谣中伤。

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If the cooling system were to lose power during the initial decay period of 24 to 48 hours, a meltdown would likely follow.

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They are almost reduced to the plan, but, through the remains of towns, of canals and roads, it is possible to observe the evolution of this interaction of cultures stage by stage, from the very beginning to the period of final decay, when the Eurasian route lost its importance and the towns their economical role.

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What if actual result of decay would not follow the sequence of 50% remaining rule in which it would take a shorter period to become inactive in decay instead of that 5730 years, using 5730 years as a base to presume that the decay would last in every half year would simply falsify the age that would be computed through radioactive dating method.

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