Since 1999 until recently, the two time standards have been in close enough synch to escape any need to add a leap second, NIST said.

该协会说，从1999年开始到最近几年，原子时和天文时一直处于同步状态，所以不需要增加一个闰秒。

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Or it did until the very next race, when Spofforth broke the world record by 0.36 of a second with a time of 58.12sec.

或许最近一次的比赛时已经过时了，那时斯博弗斯以58秒 12的成绩超出世界纪录0.36秒。

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If the same cow returned, the sensor recognized the unique signal of the tag and prevented the cow from getting a second helping until after enough time had passed for her to digest the first.

当这头奶牛再次过来觅食时，传感器能够识别触这头牛耳朵上的装置，不再给它喂食，直到足够它消化完前一次食物的时间过去。

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But England's task at the start of the first day was to bat until at least tea time on the second.

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The phaseout won't be completed until 2006 or so, but for the second time in the past decade the once-famous marque will disappear, possibly this time forever.

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First, Sparty had Wisconsin beat in the championship game for the second time this season until a questionable strategy was employed to try to block the last Badger punt.

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