In an off-year election seen by some political pundits as a measure of support for President Barak Obama's popularity after his first year in office, the opposition Republicans have picked up the state house in two formerly Democratic states.

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So I would choose something that have a wave lines off You wouldn't measure the dimension of a human hair with a yardstick, so I need something on this order.

所以我会选些东西,你将不会用一个码尺去量,人的头发有多大，所以我需要一些这个级数上的东西。

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