A noted sceptic on the dotcom and housing booms, he closed his short-only fund (which bet on falling prices) in 2008.

作为对互联网和房地产繁荣的著名怀疑论者，他在2008年关闭了公司空头基金(做空，即赌股价下跌)。

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Summer hours were long, winter ones short; only at the spring and autumn equinoxes were the hours of daylight and darkness equal.

夏天的时间长，冬天的时间短；只有在春秋分点，白天和黑夜的时间才相等。

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Our camp is only a short haul from here.

我们的营地离这里很近。

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He feels certain that regardless of what the market does, his short-only portfolio will be a winner.

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But the list of funds that meet Blomquist's exacting requirements is short--only 42 stock funds and 18 bond funds.

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Out of nine members of Wednesday's naked short-selling panel, only one represented an issuer who could talk about unusual short-selling activity in his company's stock.

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