"In the beginning," he says, "that little white wire that said you had an iPod—that was cool."

“在一开始，”他说，“那根白色的电线表明你有一个 iPod——那很酷。”

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By counting each E-mail sent by a white-collar wrongdoer as a separate case of wire fraud, prosecutors can threaten him with a gargantuan sentence unless he confesses, or informs on his boss.

根据每一封白领阶层罪犯寄出的电子邮件作为一宗单独的电子欺诈案件，追诉者可以用很长的刑期来敲诈他：要么自己坦白，要么就揭发到他的上司。

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A thousand failures later, Thomas Edison burned a steel wire white hot that never burned up. Continuous white heat creates light.

不过爱迪生在千次失败尝试后，的的确确找到了一种可以升温至白炽却不会烧起来的钢丝，持续的白炽就带来了灯光。

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Anderson told him to come back in the future with a long-sleeved shirt. (Showing off your muscles is considered bad form among serious lifters.) All the better for the wire he was wearing, White figured.

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"I mean, Jean Paul Gaultier eat your heart out, " she says pointing to another exhibit, a bright red wire spiral bra, with white roses over the nipple area and covered in a host of plastic butterflies.

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By counting each e-mail sent by a white-collar wrongdoer as a separate case of wire fraud, prosecutors can threaten him with a gargantuan sentence unless he confesses, or informs on his boss.

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