The men in the long-term group took the supplements for an average of 18 years. The men in the short-term group did so for an average of a year, with the longest being three years.

长期组的人服用补充剂平均18年，短期组的人从现在才开始服用，平均才一年，最长是三年。

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Last year three toys predicted by the retailers to be bestsellers failed to make the grade. Bionicles, Boohbah and LeapPad Learning System fell short of being a hit with consumers.

去年，销售商预计的三种畅销玩具：Bionicles积木、Boohbah毛绒玩具和LeapPad益智玩具就没能在消费者种获得成功。

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This column offers as its European of the Year Playmobil man, a short, stiff-legged, eternally smiling, plastic figure first created three decades ago, and today churned out at a rate of 80m a year.

本专栏将Playmobil玩偶提名为“年度欧洲人”。 这是一个身形矮小，两腿僵直，始终面带微笑的塑料小人，诞生于30年前，如今年每年要生产8000万个。

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They launched Strategic in May 2010 and in that short three year time span it has been ranked the top in its category on more than one occasion.

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The Tide still were sure to fall short of the three-year high-water mark for the opening round.

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But the concern is, we've seen it year after year, that the short-term funding for a two or three-year project and then because it's not new, it loses the funding and the skill is how you re-describe the project so you carry on getting the funding.

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