When things went wrong, they talked up their funds' prospects while trying to keep them afloat.

当危机到来，他们为了保住基金而大肆鼓吹其前景如何如何。

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The Miami Herald and the San Diego Union-Tribune are reportedly on the selling block, while lawmakers in Connecticut are trying to keep two newspapers there afloat.

据报道，《迈阿密先驱报》和圣地亚哥《联合论坛报》已加入沽售大军，而康涅狄格州的律师们也在为保当地两家报纸大船不沉而竭尽全力。

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Steve: he ran a little hardware store in my hometown. I'm just trying to keep it afloat while he recovers.

史提夫︰他在我家乡经营一间小五金行。我只是尽量在他康复期间，努力维持店里的营运正常。

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And every day, I hear how people are working to keep it all together -- how they're trying to pay the bills, about the businesses they're trying to keep afloat, about the home they love but are struggling to afford.

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They bought so many companies and they were trying to keep them all afloat.

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His testimony was that he was only trying to help keep his company stay afloat and that he did not believe that what he was doing was wrong.

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