The increasingly desperate search for the stuff is changing modern management—not always for the better

对于细枝末节的锱铢必较之风日盛，改变着现代管理模式，但并非总朝着好的方向。

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I was desperate for the toilet, but both cubicles in the changing-room were occupied.

我在拼死寻找厕所，但是两边更衣室的厕所都被占用了。

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As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have none of it.

然后，我走入了自己的迟暮之年，我不顾一切地进行最后一次尝试，决心要改变我的家人，我身边亲近的人。但，哎，他们也没有被我所改变。

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Yet even among nationalistic Asians, attitudes are changing, if for no other reason than the desperate need for foreign capital to rebuild banking systems.

ECONOMIST: Dealing for dollars