As the old joke goes, we may be losing something on every unit-but perhaps we'll make it up in volume.

正如一句老话所说：有失必有得。我们可能失去每个部件的某方面，但是，我们也许会从数量上得到补偿。

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In America, it is not enough to be a traditional and definable social unit, for the old and traditional gets left behind; the new, innovative force is the center of attention.

在美国，传统的、循规蹈矩的社会个体已不足为训，因为陈旧和传统的事物势必落伍，新生的创造性力量才值得注意。

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It was there that he became part of a formidable attacking unit that included Didi, Zagallo, Vava and a precocious 17-year-old called Pele, who was just starting to grab the headlines.

当时他所在的这个攻击组合令人生畏，囊括了迪迪、扎加洛、瓦瓦，还有一个初出茅庐便开始抢占报纸头条的17岁神童——贝利。

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Lead author Beth Polidoro works for the Global Marine Species Assessment Unit, based at Old Dominion University in Richmond,Virginia.

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One is the number of troops and, for the moment, UNIFIL - the old unit, so to speak - has 2, 000 troops, about.

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The European Southern Observatory is organising a public effort to measure the astronomical unit the old fashioned way, just for fun.

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The 31-year-old was sent to the secure unit in April - shortly after smothering her 10-day-old son Leo.

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