In that context, today we are going to talk about a film-maker who began making very unique films in the late 1920s.

在这种背景下，今天我们要谈论的是一位电影制作人，他在20世纪20年代末开创了独具一格的电影。

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Overwhelmingly, the results show that today, the idea of the American dream—and what it takes to achieve it—looks quite different than it did in the late 20th century.

结果显示，绝大多数人认为，如今人们对美国梦的看法以及实现美国梦所需的条件与二十世纪末人们的看法相差很大。

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Today, she runs Anne Taintor Inc and pairs advertisements from the late '30s to early '50s with saucy sayings on various merchandise.

她经营安妮·泰因特公司（Anne Taintor Inc.）并且将30年代末至50年代初的广告与各种商品的俗语相结合。

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In Roman times the average life span was just 22 (mainly because of the appalling rate of infant mortality), by 1800 it was 40 years, 1900 around the late 40s and today it hovers around the mid-to-late 70s.

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We have received many e-mails, phone calls and letters regarding the news that Ed Stourton is to leave Today late next year when Justin Webb joins the programme .

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Volume has been light in the up-move and yesterday the index rallied late to post a marginal gain, but today is the first sign of some real anxiety across the pond.

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