It was the first cable channel to specialise in films-the initials stand for "Home Box Office" -and the first channel to be delivered via satellite.

它是第一家专营电影的有线电视频道——HBO这三个大写字母是“家庭电影票房”的缩写——还是第一家通过卫星传输的频道。

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In 2006 the Banquet, a lavish costume drama, again broke the box office at home but was mostly ignored abroad.

2006年，《夜宴》，一部服饰美艳奢华的古装片，再一次在国内打破票房纪录，在海外同样被忽略。

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The reason? At their last meeting, the candidate had brought a box of home-made biscuits into the office.

我认识的一位招聘经理告诉我，他曾经发现自己把一个特别的应聘者的简历放在他送给老板的所有候选人简历的最上面。

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The miniseries, which was co-produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Home Box Office or HBO cable network, explored relations within the former Iraqi dictator's family and inner circle.

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In the late 1960s Chuck Dolan started a hotel-room video service that became Home Box Office.

FORBES: Family Ties

TNT, Cartoon Network and Home Box Office and is a publisher of magazines, books and web sites.

BBC: You are in: Business

Among the new fare: four pay-per-view Cineplex movie channels, including America's Home Box Office, six round-the-clock news services and coverage of major sport events.

CNN: BUSINESS