Since 1999 until recently, the two time standards have been in close enough synch to escape any need to add a leap second, NIST said.

该协会说，从1999年开始到最近几年，原子时和天文时一直处于同步状态，所以不需要增加一个闰秒。

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Achievement is about having the sustained energy and determination in the face of obstacles to set and meet challenging targets, in compliance with quality, time standards.

有持续的精力和毅力，在面临困难的情况下，制订高目标，并保质保量、准时完成工作。

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Companies are promoting their own standards, and the market has not had time to choose a winner yet as this is still very new.

企业都在推广自己的标准，而市场还没有时间选择赢家，因为这还为时过早。

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"Also,it's a way to prove that any other master-level athlete can achieve higher standards, even having a full-time job.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

When the Financial Accounting Standards Board listens to what corporations are saying and helps them-- it adjusts these standards from time to time but it does have definitions that have to be maintained.

财务会计准则委员会,听取公司的意见并协助他们...,并且适时调整标准,不过有些规则始终如一

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We think that the time has come for standards."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

Creating atomic-time standards became a priority in both America and Britain after the second world war.

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"What H4 was doing is still current today because in GPS, for example, accurate time standards are required for navigation, " said Jonathan Betts.

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But Sir Stuart Bell, who sits on the estimate committee, told the BBC on Sunday that Sir Thomas had been asked to carry out a review "in accordance with the rules at the time and the standards that applied at the time".

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