So we were happy in the end, though the experience probably took several years off my life.

所以这还算是个皆大欢喜的结局，虽然我的寿命可能因为这次事件被缩短了几年。

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He says it would be "premature" to talk about the budget for the movie, which could be several years off.

他说现在谈电影的预算是“不成熟”的，这可能需要好几年的时间。

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That scenario is still several years off: Roughly 10 utilities in the U.S., Canada and India have so far signed on as PowerMeter partners.

这一情景还要有些年头才能实现，因为目前为止，只有美国、加拿大和印度大约10家公用事业机构签约成为PowerMeter合作伙伴。

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One day, several years off, a grand conference of interested parties may be able to redraw the map of the Balkans with the consent of its people.

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With 90% of Ceradyne's revenues coming from such big defense contractors as Hughes, Martin Marietta and McDonnell Douglas--and with the ceramic car engine still several years off--Moskowitz is now searching hard for nonmilitary ceramics applications.

FORBES: The Hug Of The Bear

Among the allegations: Chapin, who retired from Winchester, Calif-based HHV several years ago, siphoned off money to other pet charitable causes that amounted to self-dealing, paid himself too much in compensation, and countenanced improper accounting maneuvers that made HHV seem far more financially efficient than it really was.

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