First this worked well.

首先这运行得很好。

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This worked very well.

这运行得很好。

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But a ritual like this worked.

但是这样的仪式还是有效的。

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And this traditional business model has not worked very well on the Internet, especially not in a bad economy.

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Now, let's say, I'm not really much concerned with whether this was an argument that Plato thought worked or not.

我其实并不太关心,柏拉图本人认为,这个论证是否说得通

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I worked on specifically, I looked at -and this is also the reason why it's difficult to say what is a just university, because we didn't just look at Princeton, we didn't just look at Ivy League Schools or at least private institutions.

我专门研究的是,顺便，这也是为什么,为公正的大学下定义很难得原因，因为我们研究的不仅仅是普林斯顿大学，也不仅仅是常青藤学校,至少不是私人学校。

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This worked well in the laboratory, but ruthenium is too expensive for mass deployment.

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This worked when coal prices were high but led to huge pressure when prices fell.

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This worked especially well if you were buying a home or a condo in Florida.

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