Good news at last, it seems, and not before time: sterling is beginning to lose a bit of its competitive edge against the euro as Europe's troubles pile up.

最后，这貌似是个好消息，但在不恰当的时机却非也。英镑开始对欧元失去了些许的竞争优势，因为欧洲的麻烦也应接不暇了。

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The claim that "many of the troubles of the world at the present time are due to imprudent borrowing and spending on the part of the public authorities" - in 1932!

其主张“许多当今这个世界的麻烦都来自于不谨慎的借贷以及当局在公共项目的开支”——在1932年！

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Yet though the amount of money required for the 1907 bailouts is pocket change compared to the current trillions, at the time, the troubles and the numbers seemed enormous.

然而，尽管1907年紧急救援计划所需要的资金数量，与当前的数万亿美元相比较，似乎就是一笔零花钱，但在当时看来，问题之严重、金额之巨大，都是非比寻常的。

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Indeed, the company may benefit in 2003 from the troubles of AOL Time Warner.

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The new geopolitical situation partly explains this political shift: the old demons of the Cold War have vanished a long time ago and, similarly, troubles in former Yugoslavian republics are now part of the past.

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"Patrick had been ill for a long time but bore all of his troubles with great fortitude, " she said.

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