Yet not long ago, in two thousand three, Pittsburgh was in financial crisis.

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You can see them in the sopranos and altos up there and they just sit there on that pitch--a long note: one, two, three, four.

你可以在高音与中音区看到他们,而且他们一直留在那个音高上,一个长音符,一,二,三,四

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What's happened actually if we base it in the last 25 years since the early '80s We've just had two recessions and they've been very mild by historical standards and...two--now three long expansions in between.

实际上是什么情况呢,80年代初期以来，这25年当中,我们只经历过两次经济衰退,而且在历史上算是相对轻微的,其间则是两，三次长时间的经济增长。

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He has recently tightened up his screens to make them more selective in finding new buys, and his average holding period--which used to be generally less than a month--is growing to as long as two or three months as the current rally shows its staying power.

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