Only the sliver of the land that is almost impossible to see from the road will remain the sanctum of his high-value crop.

只有这块地的一小片将仍是他高价值的庄稼的圣所，要从公路上看见这块地几乎不可能。

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The sliver of good news is that pollution levels are better in some places than in others.

令人稍感安慰的消息是一些地方的空气污染程度要好于另外一些地方。

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The LTTE, in a statement, says 150,000 civilians, on the verge of starvation in the sliver of coastal land they still control, can only be helped by a halt in the fighting.

“泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织”在一份声明中说，在他们控制的一块狭长的海岸地带内有15万平民，他们正处于挨饿的边缘上，只有停火，他们才能得到提供帮助。

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The rebels blame military shelling for killing 2,000 people in the sliver of coastal land in the northeast it still holds.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

The LTTE,in a statement, says 150,000 civilians, on the verge of starvation in the sliver of coastal land they still control, can only be helped by a halt in the fighting.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

It's a tiny sliver of the total aid package of $1.6 billion the UN had asked for.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

In fact, the sliver of a nation -- surrounded by Senegal and bordering the Atlantic Ocean -- had last executed a prisoner about 30 years ago.

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Except for the sliver of investors who can sell Gerova.

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Its body is constructed entirely of plastic, save the aluminum power button up top and volume rocker on the side, plus the sliver of metal serving as the earpiece grill.

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