The prospects for cure, though still distant, are brighter.

治癌前景尽管遥远，但已越来越明朗。

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Though the slump of 2009 is a distant memory, monetary conditions are still extraordinarily loose, thanks, in many places, to efforts to hold down currencies (again, China leads in this respect).

虽然2009年的衰退已是遥远的记忆，但在许多地方，由于维持货币较低的币值（以中国为首），流动性情况仍旧十分宽松。

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This, I think, could open the doors wide for all sorts of new information while not explaining the outcome of either game any better and while leaving the more distant past still shrouded in mystery, though perhaps less so as we uncover new clues and lore in our ongoing archaeological expedition into this digital heart of darkness.

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Today the avant-garde monopoly is a thing of the blessedly distant past, but Poulenc, though his music continues to be played around the world, is still widely seen as a lightweight.

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