When you think how easy and cheap, relatively , it is to buy a bunch of carrots or beets , why raise them? And root crops especially are hard to tell apart, when store bought, from our own.

你想想买一堆胡萝卜和甜菜根回来是件多么容易而便宜的事情，何必自己种呢?根茎作物尤其难以分辨是自己种的还是买来的。

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You would have to raise everything about 30 centimeters once every 30 years, so why not make the job easier by making houses that can float.

你每30年就得把所有东西提高30厘米左右，那么为什么不建造一座可以漂浮的房子来简化这项工作呢？

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Findings from several studies on corporate mergers and acquisitions during the 1970's and 1980's raise questions about why firms initiate and consummate such transactions.

20世纪70年代和80年代对公司合并和收购的几项研究的结果提出了这样一个问题：公司为什么要发起并完成这类交易？

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Why don't we have you, when the time comes, raise your hand if you're supposed to be representing a one?

为什么让家上来呢，如果你代表1，就举起你的手？

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So why raise it at all, especially given the fact that 100 million people in this country own stock and would be affected?

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Why raise money from API versus traditional venture capitalists?

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