"I hear variants of that quite often," says Tom Long, founder of small-business advisory Solid Oak Consulting. "They're saying, 'How can I have a real company?'"

小型企业顾问公司Solid Oak顾问公司的奠基人汤姆.隆恩（Tom Long）说：“我经常会听到类似的话，他们都在问我，‘我要怎么才能建立一个真正的企业呢？’”

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During two long weeks Tom lay a prisoner, dead to the world and its happenings.

在漫长的两个星期里，汤姆像个囚犯似的躺着，与世隔绝。

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How long have Tom and Lucy been going out together?

汤姆和露西相恋多久了？

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In an interview via Skype, Tom Perls said the same technique used to predict long life may also be used to predict whether a person might eventually develop certain diseases.

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Former Democratic Senator Tom Daschle has long supported health-care reform.

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One contender is Tom Long, a Toronto businessman who is Mr Harris's chief political strategist.

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He has been copied by Ontario's Conservative premier, Mike Harris, among whose advisers is Tom Long, the third candidate to lead the Alliance.

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To win, he would have to capture at least three-quarters of the support for Tom Long, the third candidate, an adviser to Ontario's premier, Mike Harris, whose campaign was tainted by his backers' over-zealous efforts to sign up new party members in unlikely corners of Quebec.

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