The need to run the railways on time meant that local time was abolished and clocks showed the same time all over the country.

准时运行铁路的需求意味着废除地方时间，统一全国各地的时间。

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I went for a run there, keeping an eye on the children the whole time.

我去那里跑步，其间始终留意着孩子们。

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Petitioning each year for laborers—and hoping the government provides enough, and that they arrive on time—is no way to run a business.

每年为劳工请愿，希望政府能提供足够的劳工，并保证他们准时到公司并不是经营企业的手段。

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But as long as the capital's red buses -- however they look -- run on time, most Londoners will likely be happy.

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Another Islamist, the Minister of Communications, was publicly considering an order forcing television stations to pre-empt popular programs to run sermons instead, on prime-time weeknights.

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Rodriguez, however, made history, hitting a massive 410-foot home run to dead center field, tying Ken Griffey Jr. for fifth place on the all-time home run list with 630 homers.

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