In Mason City, Iowa, he or she spends only 6.1 days.

爱荷华州的梅森市的病人仅仅要住6.1天。

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The following appeared in an editorial in the Mason City newspaper.

下面是一则刊登在M城报纸上的社论。

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Businesses in the small town of Leeville report fewer days of sick leave taken by individual workers than do businesses in the nearby large city of Mason city.

小城镇Leeville的商业行业所上报的员工病假天数比邻近大城市Mason要少。

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Like small towns across the US, Mason City has been hurting in the recession.

BBC: Optimism and virtue: What the Midwest wants in a leader

And like just about all other Iowans, the people of Mason City are itching to meet the Republican hopefuls for the next election to find out how they measure up.

BBC: Optimism and virtue: What the Midwest wants in a leader

The folks of modern real-life Mason City do appear to share that belief themselves - the American certainty that the old-fashioned virtues of the New World will somehow prevail in a crisis.

BBC: Optimism and virtue: What the Midwest wants in a leader