This momentum helps programs accomplish major amounts of work (a good thing), but it can also make programs resistant to changes in direction.

这个动力帮助规划完成主要的工作（一件好事），但是它也可能是规划抵抗方向上的变化。

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I think we can all agree it’s a good thing that the days of beauty ads that focus solely on how makeup can make you prettier for the purpose of snagging a husband are (mostly) over.

那些只侧重于化妆怎样能使你更加漂亮从而追到一个丈夫的广告已经基本结束了，我认为我们都同意这是件好事。

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Often this is a good thing because it allows you to isolate parts of the problem, but it also has downstream consequences when you make changes to the parent class.

这通常是一件好事，因为它充许您将问题分成几部分，但是当您对父类进行变更时，它会产生不好的影响。

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After a few weeks of giving this thing a go, I can say that it really does make good on its simple promise: It charges your phone (there are different versions for the iPhone 5, older iPhones, and micro-USB-charged phones), and does so without taking up much space.

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Most of the main culprits, like Joe Cassano, were trying to make a lot of money for their firms, which used to be seen as a good thing.

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