The bomb attack on the capital could signal the start of a pre-election terror campaign.

对首都的炸弹袭击可能标志着选举前的恐怖活动的开始。

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In Oxford Street queues formed outside shops ahead of pre-dawn openings for the start of their sales.

在黎明前开门之前，商店外的牛津街排起了长队，为了他们家的促销活动。

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If the central bank were honest from the start and pre-announced that it would eventually reverse its policy, it might never reach its goal of higher inflation in the first place.

如果央行从一开始就非常诚实，提前告知人们，它最终将扭转自己的政策，那么它或许永远都无法实现提高通胀率这个第一目标。

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So, my perfect pre-med/bio plan was getting a little shaken right from the start, and the reason that it was getting taken was because I would learn this new principal in chemistry and because I was taking bio with the same time, I could see the connections.

所以我的完美的医学预科,和生物学的计划，从一开始就小小的动摇了,原因就是我一边学习这些化学原理,一边学生物,我可以看到两者之间的关联。

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So, it seemed like a good start for me, pre-med/bio, and I signed up for my bio class -- I found out, as Professor Drennen did, that I had to take chemistry as well. I wasn't as upset, I was sort of a neutral chemistry person at this point, but I thought it was pretty smart to get it over with on the first semester, so that's what I did.

一个既在科学上有挑战又能帮助他人的职业，从医学预科或者生物起家-,我参加了生物课，我和Drennen教授一样，我也必须要上化学课，我并没有很不爽,我当时对化学的态度很中立。

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Conduct pre-start meetings and phone calls as possible to jump-start important relationships.

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Experience has shown that those who use this Fuzzy Front End to put a plan in place, complete their pre-start preparation, and jump-start relationships and learning are far more likely to deliver better results faster than those who choose to rest and relax.

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Our experience has shown that those who use this fuzzy front end to put a plan in place, complete their pre-start preparation, and jump-start learning and relationships as much as possible while working towards a deal close, are far more likely to deliver better results faster than those who choose to rest and relax.

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