The preventer on the runaway well failed. Even before the disaster, the operators of many gulf rigs had switched to more advanced preventers, strengthening this last line of defense.

在石油管路破裂时切断管路，甚至在事故发生前操作者可以采用多个隔离部件来切断产生更多阻力，加强最后一道防线。

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Dating show You Are The One became last year's runaway hit, spawning a legion of copycats – and concerns that it was encouraging the increasing materialism of China's young people.

约会类节目《今夜我心动》在去年热播得一塌糊涂，并招来大批电视台效仿，有人担心这会助长国内年轻人的拜金思想。

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Last year they spotted the competition for the Runaway Bride and Groom Company of Ireland on the Internet and won against 30, 000 other entrants.

去年他们参加爱尔兰一家新婚蜜月公司“逃跑新郎新娘公司”的网上竞赛，从三万对参赛新婚夫妇中脱颖而出。

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The game started out much like the last two between the teams: A runaway in the Knicks' (35-21) favor.

WSJ: Knicks Overcome by the Heat

It's a modern-day Western -- a souped-up and dumbed-down "Rio Bravo, " if you will -- with Schwarzenegger making like John Wayne as border town Sheriff Ray Owens, the last man standing between a runaway bad guy (Mexican drug baron Eduardo Noreiga) and his freedom.

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Last month's figures weren't the runaway disaster many had feared, but that only shows how rough things have become, as the U.S. economy deals with the twin problems of inflation and a slowdown. (See: "CPI Shows Inflation Is Still Chugging") In particular, energy prices have spiked by 15.9% over the past year, and food prices have gone up an eye-opening 5.1%.

FORBES: CPI Looks A Bit More Manageable