It took another three decades before a flying sub appeared for real.

又过了三十年，一架真正的飞潜艇才出现在人们眼前。

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But for three decades before that, equity prices easily outstripped property prices (see chart 2), so in the long run equities have been a better bet than houses.

但如果在三十年前，股票价格会轻易的超过房产价格(见表达式2)，因此从长远来看，股票相较房屋是个更好的赌注。

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After 1929, it took three decades before Wall Street seemed safe again, and there was almost a decade between the scandals of the nineteen-eighties and the boom of the late nineties.

1929年之后，华尔街花了三十年重新稳固其地位，从20世纪80年代的华尔街丑闻到20世纪90年代的华尔街重振雄风相隔了将近十年。

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Mr Suharto ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for more than three decades before resigning in disgrace in May 1998.

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The net benefit to seniors who retire in 2020 is roughly double the amount received by seniors who retired three decades before.

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That was six years ahead of Row vs Wade and more than three decades before remaining anti-gay laws in the United States were struck from the statute book.

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