While the heads of the secret services have been changed and the services have been reorganized, much of the rank and file remains, now with ties to a powerful business elite.

虽然后来头头换了，机构也改组，很多组织级别和文件却保留下来，现在与势力庞大的商业精英们联系密切。

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The secret is to spend money in ways that promote the areas of life that boost happiness: social ties, physical health, valued causes, learning, novelty and challenge, and the like.

秘密在于花钱的方式要去提高生活中那些会提升快乐的方面：社会往来、身体健康、看重的事业、学习、新鲜事物以及挑战的类似这些。

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In the second case, involving a client Phillips successfully represented in a whistleblower suit against General Electric, the client sued him in California State Court, alleging secret financial ties between the taxpayer group and Phillips' firm.

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