The beauty of the base-closing bill... is that is takes Congress off the hook. A blue-ribbon commission would pick the bases marked for well-deserved extinction.

关闭基地法案，……的妙处就在于国会不会有麻烦，由蓝缎带委员会挑选应该淘汰的基地。

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STEP 1: Pick your quarry. The type of fish is an important factor in choosing a hook.

第一步：确定你要钓什么鱼。鱼的品种是选择用什么钩子的关键。

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Pick up drill string to setting depth, record hook load of the drill string;

上提钻柱至坐封深度，并记录钻柱悬重；

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Warning: While custodians for self-directed IRAs do sponsor seminars featuring promoters, they're not allowed to recommend specific investments and aren't on the hook if you pick a bad or bogus one.

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The hook side is less likely to pick up lint from my pocket.

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Yamaha PSR3000Yamaha's latest "home keyboard" models (if you were going to diss on them you'd definitely be calling them organs rather than synthesizers) come with the ability to hook up to a DSL modem and download new songs to pick out on said keyboard, karaoke tunes with lyrics to sing along to, or just muzak.

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