While the flooding illustrated here is extensive, it represents but a small “snapshot” of conditions that have developed in Eastern Europe over the past one to two weeks.

虽然洪水在图像中看起来波及广泛，这只不过是过去一两周内东欧发生情况的小小“快照”而已。

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Fortune tested that claim, placing one small order in Beijing and three in Shanghai over the past two weeks. It worked every time.

为了验证这一保证是否真实，在过去两周时间内，《财富》杂志在北京提交了一个小订单，在上海提交了三个订单，果然每次都如约而至。

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Past lenses have only been able to release a small amount of drug over a long period of time, or a substantial amount of drug for a day or two, he said.

他说，过去的镜片只能在长时间内释放较少的药物或者在在一两天内释放大量的药物。

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While some two-thirds of small firms make it past the two-year mark, just 44% can hack it for four years, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Over the past two decades, small operators have been squeezed out by the economies of scale achieved by large feed-lots.

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There was a great graphic (that I now cannot find) showing that all net new jobs of the past two decades have come from small businesses and start-ups.

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