When old ranching couples drive their pickups into Nucla, the wives leave the passenger's side empty and sit in the middle of the front seat, close enough to touch their husbands.

上了年纪的牧场主夫妇把皮卡开进纽克拉的时候，妻子总是空出乘客一边的座位，坐到前排座椅的中间，紧挨着丈夫。

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Previous research has found that passengers prefer the front six rows of the plane, while 60 per cent of people favour a window seat, 40 per cent opt for the aisle and just one per cent the middle.

这项调查统计得出：乘客们普遍喜欢坐在前六排，其中60%的人喜欢坐在窗边，40%的人坐过道，而只有1%的人喜欢坐中间。

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Quite literally, Al Jazeera provides the world with a front seat on the Middle East stage.

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But sitting in the front seat was a frumpy, middle-aged woman, wearing a Wisconsin sweatshirt, talking on her cell phone.

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