An astronomer might spend only a week or so each year observing at the telescope and the rest of the time measuring or analyzing the data acquired from large projects or surveys.

天文学家每年可能只花一周左右的时间用望远镜进行观察，其余时间用来测量或分析大型项目或调查中获得的数据。

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GRASS, with its more than 20-year history, acquired this ability fairly recently.

GRASS已有20多年的历史，但最近才获得此能力。

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Hewlett - Packard Co. meanwhile unveiled a tablet computer and smartphones based on a platform the company acquired last year.

惠普公司也发布了一款平板电脑和两款智能手机，新产品均是基于该公司去年所收购的操作系统。

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To complicate things further, search giant Google last year acquired Motorola Mobility - mainly for its patents.

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The surge comes not from Belk shares rallying, but the release of the annual proxy, which shows Gambrell over the past year acquired a greater stake in the chain.

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Take an example from back in 1996, the year Disney acquired ABC, to see why.

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