In order to reverse the alarming decline of shark populations, a global movement is needed, and Taiwan has helped set the stage for such a movement to occur.

为了扭转鲨鱼种群的惊人下降，需要一个全球性的运动，台湾已帮助建立这样的运动发生的阶段。

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That is about the same drop as at a similar stage in the economic downturn of the early 1980s, and a bit less than the 1.5% decline in the early 1990s.

下降速度基本和上世纪80年代经济危机时持平，稍低于上世纪90年代1.5%的下降率。

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The fourth stage, Yan culture decline phase, including the Ninth Yan culture, age is equivalent to the late Warring States period.

第四阶段，燕文化的持续扩张，包括燕文化的第九期，年代相当于战国晚期。

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As a new database from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis helpfully shows, (see Free Exchange), the percentage decline so far in this recession is exactly equal to the median decline at this stage of the ten post-war recessions.

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