Some ten minutes' hard work, and the point of the Rat's cudgel struck something that sounded hollow.

大约十分钟的工夫后，水鼠兰特的棍尖打在什么东西上，发出空洞的声音。

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All of the really hard work to build the solutions to the problems that existed before the Great Recession struck is still waiting to be started.

所有在大萧条打击之前就已经存在的、解决问题的、真正艰难工作都还没有动手去干。

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Conservatives and liberals won't agree on the means, but they ought to agree on the end: a nation where it's easier to balance work and child-rearing, however you think that balance should be struck.

保守派和自由派开始可能不会同意这些方法，但他们最后应该会同意：一个更容易平衡工作和养育子女的国家，你认为应该如何建立。

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Earlier this month, India's Jet Airways had to cancel hundreds of flights after pilots struck work over the sacking of two of their colleagues in August.

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"Early indications are that a contractor doing underground work struck a natural gas line, but the investigation continues, " according to the utility, Missouri Gas Energy.

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"I grew up listening to particular composers whose work struck me at precisely the right time to influence the way I think about both music and creativity in general, " he says.

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