Barnett wanted the job, but employees with more years on the job had dibs on the position.

巴尼特想要这份工作，但是在这份工作上有更有年资的员工有这个职位的优先权利。

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The nonstarters were considered the ones who wanted stability, a strong referee to give them some position in the race, a regulative hand to calm manic speculation.

没有起跑的选手被认为是想要稳定的人，希望有一个强有力的裁判给他们在比赛中提供一些位置，希望有一个调节手来平息狂热的猜测。

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McGee says leaving without a position lined up gave him time to reflect on what kind of company he wanted to run.

麦吉说，没有找到合适的工作就离开，让他有时间思考自己想要经营什么样的公司。

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She later served on the Education and Labor Committee, the position she wanted.

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.. And I begin by remembering... this is the way I begin most of my economic thoughts ...a conversation I had with Milton Friedman And Milton started with the position, first of all, what he wanted to do was decrease government spending.

我记得。,我习惯这么思考经济问题了,我记得曾和米尔顿·弗里德曼谈过一次话,刚开始，米尔顿的立场是，有一点先说明，他其实是希望,政府削减财政支出的。

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And so I went through the math on this and said suppose I wanted to be really sloppy and I wanted to say if the delta X, the uncertainty in position is on the order of one angstrom.

我算完它,并说假如我想很草率,并且我想说如果x的增量，即位置的不确定度,相当于一埃。

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"We started pretty well with the ball and got Australia into the position we wanted, but if we reflect back, Clarke in the first innings and Katich in the second, two very impressive innings and probably the difference between the two sides, " he said.

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But in 2009 the ESA reversed its position saying it wanted to let publishers make their booths "active, captivating and energising" after complaints that this and other changes had made the event feel "soulless".

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