Short of good data, and stretched to their computational limits, the early modellers nonetheless had high ambitions.

尽管缺乏高质量的数据以及受到计算方法的制约，但起初的一些模型建立者却仍然壮志在胸。

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The ease in prices stemmed from new government data showing supply, while tight, isn't stretched as thin as initially expected.

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In his lecture, Ball presented a number of cases like this, from Kosovo, Guatemala, Sierre Leone and Timor-Leste, where sound and verifiable data was used effectively to answer a small question, then stretched to answer a broader question for which it was not suited.

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