Privately, officials have suggested TEPCO may have been slow to use seawater to cool the reactors because it wanted to save its plant—though the company denies this.

东京电力公司出于拯救设备的想法——尽管公司不会承认这一点——而使用海水来冷却反应堆，危机管理组官员私下里建议东京电力公司放缓这种做法。

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Rising school fees are supposed to be a middle-class worry, though only 7% of British schoolchildren are educated privately.

攀涨的学费应该是中产阶层所担心的，虽然只有百分之七的英国学龄儿童由私人教育。

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He pretends to admire me, though privately he hates me.

他假装敬佩我，虽然他私下仇恨我。

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Several other deans are critical privately, though no one appears ready to walk away from the process.

WSJ: B-School Accrediting Body Retools Its Standards

Console-based games giants Nintendo and Sony have steered clear of China, though privately imported boxes are available and Nintendo recently unveiled a games console designed especially to protect against the country's rampant software piracy.

BBC: NEWS | Business | China's online games sales double

Those close to Gingrich say that's precisely the question he is considering privately, even though last week he resisted appeals by Democrats--and quiet entreaties by some in his own party--to limit the scope and the length of the inquiry.

CNN: On the fast track to impeach