The influence is sometimes active and sometimes negative.

这种影响既有积极的，也有消极的。

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"Sometimes these effects are positive and sometimes negative," Blair said in an email.

“有时，这些影响是积极的，有时却是消极的，”布莱尔在邮件中写道。

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They might well be overoptimistic, however since corporate executives have sometimes bought shares in their own company in a calculated attempt to dispel negative rumors about the company's health.

不过，他们可能过于乐观了，因为公司高管有时会购买自己公司的股票，目的是为了消除有关公司健康状况的负面传闻。

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Disability advocates say that also will help diminish the negative stereotyping that people with disabilities sometimes still endure.

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The Hebrew word for "common" is sometimes translated by the English word "profane." That has a negative connotation in English, but in fact it really doesn't bear that negative connotation.

在希伯来词语中“普通“有时指的就是,英文里面的“世俗“，在英文里这个词含贬义，但事实上它并没有这个意思。

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"What I really feel very strongly about, and I hope reflects in all aspects of my work, is the human touch, the humanness of things, the positive and sometimes the negative and sometimes the sad, " Christenberry says.

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Such views are also winning favour in Tokyo, and not before time, given the heedless expenditure of capital that has driven down returns, sometimes to negative rates.

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That's a policy proposal that's been around a long time: it's sometimes been called a negative income tax.

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