A wince-inducing glance at the share performance of 25 firms that have gone cap-in-hand shows a 50% loss since the new index's inception on January 5th, double the decline of the wider S&P 500 index.

看看一度受人尊敬的25家公司让人失望的股票表现，自1月5日建立这一指数以来，这25家公司的股票市值已缩水50%，是更具代表性的标准普尔指数500指数跌幅的两倍。

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He stood a second facing the front door of the Dalton home, the same door before which he had stood so humbly with his cap in his hand a little less than a week ago.

他立定一秒钟，面向着道尔顿家大门，他在不到一星期前也曾在这同一扇门前站过，手里拿着帽子，样子那么卑躬屈节。

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A side door was opened, and the gardener, a tall, dry fellow, made his appearance, cap in hand.

一扇小门打开了，走出一个瘦高个子园丁，手里拿著一顶鸭舌帽。

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Burris marched in with his cap gun in one hand and a Popsicle in the other, wearing his short pants and nothing else, looking like a little stick man.

NEWYORKER: Fiction

It is, he concedes, a tough time to be knocking on doors cap-in-hand.

ECONOMIST: Stanford's new dean

The majority of Americans worry more about candidates who have to go cap in hand to special interests, which then expect a payback, than about money-bags who put their own fortunes on the line.

ECONOMIST: Al Checchi, politician as product