Despite a slow start at the beginning of the eighties, global economic output increased by more than a fifth during the decade.

尽管在80年代初起步缓慢，全球经济产出在这十年中增长了百分之二十以上。

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Over the past decade Germany had the fastest growth in GDP per person among the G7 club of rich economies; America was in only fifth place (see chart).

在过去十年里，德国人均GDP的速度为七国富豪集团的榜首；美国仅位列第五（见图表）。

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For many, halfway through their fifth decade is a 'golden age' when they try to slow the march of time by cutting out as many health risks as possible.

但这并不意味着人们在45岁时都会放弃保持好身材的渴望。对于很多人来说45岁是一个黄金年龄，他们会尽可能地减少许多健康风险，试图减缓时间前进的步伐。

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weather agency reporting that this decade is likely to be the warmest on record and 2009 the fifth warmest year since record keeping began in 1850.

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Cookson's The Thursday Friend was the fifth most borrowed title of the decade.

BBC: Jacqueline Wilson most loaned author of the decade

The number of babies born in England and Wales has increased by more than a fifth in the past decade, figures show.

BBC: Babies boom by a fifth in a decade - ONS

Earlier this month, the Director of National Intelligence released the fifth installment in a multi-decade forecasting project aimed at preparing the government for future challenges.

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