He has been trying unsuccessfully to sell the business in one piece since early last year.

自去年年初起，他一直没法成功地把整个企业一起卖掉。

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Most pollsters ignored them until early last year.

许多民意调查机构直到去年年初才开始重视这个问题。

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Early last year, she had major surgery. Complications developed.

去年年初她动了大手术，术后出现并发症。

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Espinoza made his first appearance for the Catrachos,the Honduran team, early last year.

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At St.Charles High School in St.Louis, delivering his 52nd speech on health care since taking office early last year, the president again took aim at Republican calls to scrap the current legislative effort, and those he said favor giving the insurance industry even more power than it has now.

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Last year, another drug company,Sanaria, won a Vaccine Industry Excellence Award for Best Early Stage Vaccine for its malaria vaccine.

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Mr. Assefa lost his leg above the knee in a train accident early last year.

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Then early last year the company announced it would would spin off its Western Union division.

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Aereo's service had been limited to New York City when it debuted early last year.

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