The agency was “brain-dead” for three-and-a-half days, General Michael Hayden, then its director, said publicly in 2002. “We were dark.

整个航空航天局处于这种“脑死亡”的状态达3天半，这套系统的负责人Michael Hayden将军在2002年公开表示：“当时的我们简直两眼一抹黑。

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The fall of 2.4% since August was "the greatest in any three-month period since the dark days of 1992", points out Michael Saunders, an economist at Citigroup, another bank.

自从8月以来共2.4%的下跌是“自1992年的黑暗之日以来最大连续三月跌幅”，花旗银行的经济学家麦克尔山德士指出。

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Judge Ahmed Refaat was in no doubt about the significance of the moment, as he spoke of the "dark" days of Mubarak's three-decade rule.

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Ben Cohen has also signed a new three-year deal to stay at the club, another sign that things are looking up after the dark days of autumn.

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It is a relatively straightforward 10.9km hike, taking around three days round trip, but there is a great range of scenery to enjoy, from dense forests of dark fir to mustard coloured grassy slopes to sheer cliff walls with crinkled boxfold rock formations.

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