After nearly a century of trying, we are closer than ever to bringing more security to the lives of so many Americans.

经过近一个世纪的努力，美国人民现在比以往任何时候都更有保障。

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Despite the plentiful variety of nursery rhyme editions that surface regularly, it is this version, with its beloved illustrations, that is still going strong after nearly a century.

尽管有很多个版本的童谣来配绘本，但是这个版本，加上经常的绘图诠释，保持了近一个世纪的优势。

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Obituaries of the man who has led Cuba for nearly half a century were hastily dusted down and commentators began speculating about “Cuba after Fidel”.

于是，关于这位古巴近半个世纪的领导的死亡讣告开始铺天盖地，评论员也开始推测“菲德尔走后的古巴社会”。

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This mainstay of the U.S. economy, deliverer of 6% of the gross domestic product, was sporting change after nearly a century in business.

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After nearly a century of establishing itself amongst the stalwarts of film production, 20th Century Fox would not gain much from a calendrical-appropriate name change.

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But after nearly a century of turning out would-be managers, MBA programmes have history, and the conservative thinking of executives who themselves earned MBA degrees, on their side.

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