Before theage of electronic trading, large institutional investors used their size andconnections to wrangle better terms from the human middlemen that executed buyand sell orders.

在电子交易出现之前，大型机构投资者一般通过自身的实力和广泛的人脉网络，寻找提供最优条件的交易中间人。

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Manufacturing orders, although still down sharply in year-on-year terms, have picked up from the highly depressed levels of the early months of the year.

虽然生产订单年环比仍然急剧下降，但是已经从今年前几个月极度低迷的水平中恢复过来。

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This exchange of moieties seems to impose on these social orders in real life, in real terms, a way of making society more equal than it might otherwise be.

部分交换似乎，使现实生活中的社会秩序平等一些了，没有它现实生活不会平等。

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Chambers says on geographic perspective, in terms of orders, U.S. orders was flat.

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Additionally, the recent December quarter is historically Accelrys' largest in terms of orders, which means the cash flows in the March quarter are always proportionally higher than in any other quarter.

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But in terms of total orders for all planes this year, Boeing retained a large lead over Airbus.

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