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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She says that last year the ice didn't come until December.

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For example, until a new tax law was put into place last December, the loss on a foreclosed home wasn't exempt from tax liability.

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And yet, it was in the Premier League referee conversation last December, after Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp didn't like a call by a linesman.

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