Its cabin crew responded by voting to strike over the Christmas period, alienating the millions of customers that pay their wages and fund those pensions.

英航机组人员投票决定圣诞期间罢工以表达不满，这一决定可能会疏远已支付他们工资及资助退休金的上百万乘客。

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You can see why a call from Canada's Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund may strike you differently from an offer by Venezuela's Investment Fund for Macroeconomic Stabilisation.

这就是为什么委内瑞拉的宏观经济稳定基金对加拿大阿尔伯达省传统储蓄信托基金出价时，人们如此震惊。

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Like any good medic, the fund must find a way to strike a balance between being firm and being friendly.

和任何一位出色的医生一样，组织必须探索出一种方法来兼顾两者，做到既对政策坚定不移，又要保持对各国的友好姿态。

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Some 50 Vefa depositors recently went on hunger strike at the fund's offices after its charismatic founder, Vehbi Alimucaj, told them Deloitte was to blame for not releasing their money.

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The fund has one strike against it--a steep expense ratio (1.6% a year)--but I couldn't find a cheap alternative from Vanguard.

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Perhaps as important, the Internet is a fund-raising tool that allows candidates to quickly scoop up large amounts of money, if they strike a spark with voters, without having to rely as much on the traditional, time-consuming slog through fund-raising events night after night.

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