The former boss of AT&T took over at GM only last December, but the bankers handling the IPO feared that, at 68, he might not be around for the long haul.

作为AT&T前任老板的Ed Whitacre是在去年12月份转任通用老总的，但是负责代理通用上市的银行却担心68岁的Ed Whitacre将缺席这项长期的重任。

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But it turned out". "We did get back into positive growth territory by the end of the year so it wasn't quite as disastrous as I feared it might be."

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According to the text, the Israelites have multiplied, They've filled the land of Goshen that had been given to them during Joseph's tenure in office, And this new pharaoh who feared them He didn't know Joseph, he feared the foreign presence He rose and he attempted to curb their growth.

根据文本，以色列人生养众多，他们填满了Goshen这片土地,约瑟夫执政的时候将土地赠于他们，这位新法老害怕他们,他不认识约瑟夫，他害怕外来人的出现,他反抗并试图压制他们的发展。

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On Father Capodanno Boulevard in Staten Island's Midland Beach, frigid gusts blew in from the water, but those residents who have moved back in to their houses said the wind wasn't as bad as feared even at the height of the storm.

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