WHEN, a few years ago, word came that British bird lovers anxious about the decline of the house sparrow had appointed a sparrow tsar, it seemed that the tsar vogue must have reached its zenith.

几年前，当传闻英国爱鸟者们忧心忡忡于家雀的灭绝而指定了一名“麻雀沙皇”时，似乎“沙皇热”已经达到了顶峰。

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After word that a bipartisan agreement in principle had been reached on a plan, House Republicans refused to go along.

关于两党已经就这个方案达成原则性一致意见的说法传出以后，众议院的共和党人拒绝附和这种说法。

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I marveled, when I reached the end, that I had not known the whole story from the first paragraph: every word pointed the way.

当我写到小说的结尾时，我不禁感到诧异，我开始写第一段时居然对整个小说毫无了解：每一个字都指出方向。

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This may already be happening: when word came on October 31st that an agreement had been reached with Indonesia, share prices rose in Brazil, another country where investors are worried about a currency collapse.

ECONOMIST: The IMF and Indonesia

On June 10th, Mr Talbott was flying west out of Moscow after a hard round of talks when word reached him that a small Russian unit had abandoned its post in Bosnia and was racing through Serbia towards Kosovo.

ECONOMIST: Strobe Talbott, deliverer of Russia