Funny or Die launched in February 2007, after Sequoia capital, one of Silicon Valley's top venture-capital firms, approached Ferrell and McKay about starting a website devoted exclusively to comedy.

“滑稽还是死亡”启动于2007年2月，在硅谷最主要的风险投资公司之一红杉资本与法瑞尔和麦克凯接触之后，决定开办一个纯粹的喜剧的网站。

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The starting curve and size of the die were already designed according to the rheological theory and then corrected with the extruding experiments.

根据流变学理论设计出口模的初始口型曲线尺寸，并进行试挤以修正模头各流道及口型曲线尺寸。

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A new study of HIV-infected people in Haiti indicates that starting treatment early could save many patients who might otherwise die of AIDS.

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Successful entrepreneurship rarely happens within the confines of a year, let alone a single semester, and our half-hearted attempts at starting businesses every semester (only to let them die at winter and summer breaks) reinforced a misleading expectation: that success can be validated quickly.

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Some like CAA are starting their own funds or partnering with private equity for their clients in ventures such as Funny or Die.

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