The book gives an admirably succinct account of the technology and its history.

这本书对该项技术及其历史作了极其简明的叙述。

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The preface of the book includes an account of the author's life.

该书前言记述了作者生平。

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The book provides a thoughtful account of the conflicts and disasters that changed his mind.

本书颇具思想地讲述了改变Vieira de Mello观念的各种冲突与灾难。

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While 91% of advisors have at least one fee-based account in their book of business, the still remaining overall high percentage of transactional business illustrates that fee-based business has a very long way to go.

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Now, with "Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, " Mr. Platt presents the first book-length foray in this direction, providing a compelling alternative account of much-studied events that feels both a bit old-fashioned (in its panoramic view of battles and leaders) yet also very much in step with recent scholarship, placing national stories into global frameworks.

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This longer version first appears in William Mares' 1968 book Marine Machine, a non-fiction account of a platoon's basic training, according to Jonathan Lighter's Historical Dictionary of American Slang.

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