On April 7th an industry-wide sigh of relief could be heard when Saudi Arabia awarded the first contract for a line connecting the country from north to south.

在4月7日当沙特阿拉伯签订第一份铁路合同，整个行业都松了一口气，这条铁路贯穿沙特阿拉伯南北。

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The marriage began in penury though things looked up after 1952 when Newton became the first contract photographer for American Vogue.

他们的婚后生活起初比较贫苦，但自从1952年牛顿成为《时尚》美国版的首位签约摄影师之后情况就有所好转。

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Taking as an example the first contract stage road construction of the West Binghe Road of Taiyuan, Shanxi, the paper analyzes ways to control the quality of the surface of asphalt concrete.

以山西省太原市滨河西路南延工程路面施工工程为例，就如何控制沥青混凝料面层现场质量进行分析论述。

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In the nineteen forties, Lena Horne was the first African-American in Hollywood to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio.

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Motown signed him to his first contract at the age of twelve.

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The Thai Futures Exchange introduced its first gold futures contract early this year, adding a new dimension for investors looking to reduce the risks of volatile commodity prices.

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That sounds like a positive for investors, but the first contract was a short-lived production run for the war in Afghanistan that is already winding down, and Oshkosh bid so aggressively for the more substantial second contract that now it looks unlikely the company will break even on the 23, 000 trucks and trailers it must deliver.

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Advances made by these American companies during the first contract phase known as the certification products contracts (CPC) will begin the process of ensuring integrated crew transportation systems will meet agency safety requirements and standards to launch American astronauts to the International Space Station from the United States, ending the agency's reliance on Russia for these transportation services.

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In February this year, we also launched the black pepper future, which was the first futures contract for the commodity.

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