In fact, income earners ranked in the top 1% enjoyed significant increases in wealth even as the middle class fell into decline.

实际上在金字塔尖上那1%的人财富还在不断增长，虽然中产阶级的财富降低了。

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During the 1980s Switzerland's legendary watch industry fell into decline, with exports falling by half within a decade as a result of Japanese competition.

1980年代，瑞士富有传奇色彩的手表产业由于来自日本的竞争所导致的十年内出口额下降一半而陷入衰退。

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The town fell into a decline after the mine closed.

这个镇在矿井关闭后开始衰落。

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It later fell into decline and was taken over by the agency's predecessor, the Nature Conservancy, in 1957.

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But over time, the neighbourhood fell into decline.

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The three-Martini lunch fell into decline in the 1970s, the victim of sober economic times that demanded clear-headed executives, and also of political pressure: Jimmy Carter made it an issue in the 1976 presidential campaign.

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