"Then,there was barely enough food, just barely enough. It wasn't like now,"

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Mr. Carl Icahn: Well, I mean, that--I don't consider that being--that's barely a strategy. I think that when you buy something, the best is--that sounds simple.

卡尔·伊坎先生：嗯，我的意思是--我觉得那不算是,-那不算是一个策略，我觉得每当,你要买什么东西时，最好就是--听起来其实挺简单。

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And unsurprisingly-- since I announced this was going to be the result before the class had barely gotten started-- I don't think any of these arguments work.

我在课程还没正式开始的时候,就已经说过了,我认为这些论证都站不住脚

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It didn't matter since we barely talked.

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