Long, long ago, the Earth once had 10 SUNS circling it.

很久以前，地球曾经有10个太阳围绕她运转的。

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Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, men and women lived happily together and worked in harmony.

曾几何时，许多年前，男人和女人们过着和谐幸福的生活。

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Once upon a time, a long, long while ago, the Sun, the Wind, and the Moon were three sisters, and their mother was a pale, lovely Star that shone, far away, in the dark evening sky.

从前，在很久很久以前，太阳、风和月亮是三姐妹，她们的母亲是黑暗夜空中遥远地闪烁著的一颗很淡却又很美丽的星星。

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And on six Sunday nights a year, ballroom dancers from as far away as St.Louis - two states away in Missouri - once again head to downtown Indianapolis to swing to the music of big bands and rekindle memories of long-ago dances and romances at the Roof.

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She sometimes recognized on the faces of others joy and ambition and other emotions she could recall having had once, long ago.

NEWYORKER: Death of a Revolutionary

Once, long ago, this farmer worked his fingers to the bone so his son could learn to be a clerk at the castle.

NEWYORKER: Deniers

The hope is that the new government will soon find its feet and turn its attention to reintegrating Kolkata into a global economy that it was once, long ago, at the heart of.

ECONOMIST: Reviving Kolkata