On December 9th Time Warner span off AOL, undoing a famously ill-conceived merger.

十二月九号时代华纳放弃了AOL，取消著名的构想拙劣的合并。

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Time Warner, which span off its cable-operating business in March and has pruned its film-production outfit, is now trying to undo its eight-year partnership with AOL, an Internet portal.

时代华纳，三月份才拓展其有线运营事业，如今却缩减了其电影制片组，现正准备解除与美国线上服务公司(一家网络机构)长达八年的合作伙伴关系。

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The origins of BT’s present crisis lie in its previous crisis in 2002, after the dotcom crash. Saddled with debt, the firm sold most of its international assets and span off its mobile operation.

今日BT的危难，在2002年联网泡沫破灭时就早已埋下埋下祸种——债台高筑的BT变卖了大部分国际资产和旗下的移动通讯产业，剩下的部分和当年私有化时非常相像：固定线路的运营在竞争对手和监管机构的双重压力下苟延残喘。

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Pablo Zabaleta's cross span off Nicky Shorey and hit Thomas's arm, and this time Tevez stepped up to despatch the ball high to the goalkeeper's right.

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That should have acted as a warning for Spain, but they were caught on the break again early in the second half and were lucky to escape when Almeida's cross span off Carlos Puyol and looped just beyond the far post.

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The Nationals took the lead in the first off Julio Teheran (3-2) when Span led off with a triple and scored on Steve Lombardozzi's sacrifice fly.

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