They took a long time getting to the top, the only reward for the long years of waiting being that when they had their own newspapers, both knew what they wanted and firmly set about getting it.

他们花了很长时间才达到顶峰，多年等待的唯一回报是，当他们有了自己的报纸，他们俩都知道自己想要什么，并坚定地着手去实现它。

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To root up all evils is only a fantasy for the time being.

根除一切罪恶在目前只不过是一种幻想。

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I only cared about being on time for my next appointment and thinking ahead the future without concentrating on the present.

我只会想着还没发生的将来，担心能否赶得上下一场约会，却忽视了当下的工作。

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She admitted that she got married the first time only to escape from being forced to live in a group home for children without parents.

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But the environmental waste expert concedes that for the time being, landfills are the only practical option.

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Lennon ruled himself out of the running - but only for the time being.

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It is the only one, for the time being, that has the potential to be implemented in high-volume devices such as Blu-ray players and, ultimately, televisions themselves.

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In the future, of course, when Wap gaming is at a more mature stage we may then decide to change things but for the time being the only thing the customer pays for is the call at 5p per minute - though this is free during weekends.

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