Li's data suggest the presence of distinct short-term cycles of perhaps four - or five-year intervals for coarse grains in the eighteenth century, and possibly longer cycles for wheat prices.

李明珠的数据表明，就19世纪的粗粮而言，也许四到五年就有这样一个截然不同的短期周期的出现；对此时期的小麦而言，可能有这较长的周期。

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In short, my friends, there is much to be done to make the world safe in this new century, and to give all its inhabitants a real chance of living prosperous and fulfilling lives.

简言之，朋友们，要在这个新世纪里使世界变得安全，并赋予全世界所有居民以真正的机会，欣欣向荣，充实地生活，尚有许多工作要做。

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America, in short, will come face to face with a country that might become its greatest rival in the 21st century.

简而言之，美国将要面对的这个国家，很可能成为其在21世纪最主要的竞争对手。

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American inventor Thomas Edison began making short motion pictures at the turn of the century.

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One of the great short stories of the last century begins with a sentence by Franz Kafka: "As Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect."

上世纪最伟大的短篇小说之一,弗朗茨·卡夫卡所写的名篇是这样开头的,"一天早晨,格里高尔·萨姆沙,从不安的睡梦中醒来,发现自己躺在床上,变成了一只巨大的甲虫"

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De Villiers clearly felt the scoring needed to increase, however, and sacrificed his wicket in the 37th over, caught at deep mid-wicket, while Amla fell three short of the first century of the series when he feathered a catch to the keeper attempting another late cut.

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Unlike CO2, which stays in the atmosphere for about a century, short-lived climate pollutants remain in the atmosphere from a few days to a few weeks (black carbon) to up to 15 years (methane, HFCs).

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Though Italian cinema flourished in the early part of the century, its popularity was to be short-lived.

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