Before the play started, the teams lined up facing each other.

在比赛开始前，两个队先面对面排好队。

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The Negro League teams were started in the nineteen twenties to give black people a place to play baseball.

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And what happened is, over a 30-year or so period, the industry really shifted to be one where industry standards started to come into play, the customers started to have a bigger role.

经过了30年左右，这个行业发生了变化,出现了产业标准，消费者的角色也越来越重要。

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She started learning to play the piano when she was about seven years old.

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The play started when Devils defensemen Marek Zidlicky and Henrik Tallinder collided near the Senators' blue line.

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The shale play that started it all, the Barnett of northern Texas, is today producing more than ever (5.6 billion cubic feet per day) despite there being half as many rigs working the land than there was two years ago (when production was 5.3 bcfd).

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At the end of the play as things started neatly wrapping up for the cast, (spoiler alert) we find out he found a job as a consultant.

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