(Speaking) Bdi says although they can't exactly get back the time lost as a result of these technical delays, other steps in the process can be accelerated to ensure that the vote happens on schedule.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

We compared Los--we couldn't go back in a time machine and do questionnaire surveys in the 1880s, but we could do it in the 1980s.

我们不能坐着时光机,回到19世纪80年代去做问卷调查,但是在20世纪80年代却可以

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And here's a little trick -- and again, we promised to point -- out little tricks of the trade -- if I know I want to execute the last command I typed that started with an m, bangm will actually figure out what that command was and redo it for me so I don't have to figure it out, or you can go back in time in a terminal window.

这里有个小技巧--此外，我们许诺指出行业中的,一些小技巧-,如果我知道我想执行我写入的上一个命令,是以m开头的，！m会明白那个命令是什么,然后为我恢复上次操作,所以我不需要明白它，或者你可以回到,那个终端窗口。

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One factor here is that a number of Northern Ireland MPs who may be in the US for St Patrick's Day, and who won't get back in time - given that this could be a very tight vote, that factor could even be decisive.

BBC: Week ahead

But all the surveys don't come back in time for the government to release its initial estimate, usually on the first Friday of the next month.

WSJ: What's Behind the Jobs Report?

But you don't get time back in a disaster.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing