Unfortunately, that was in 2007, shortly before The Sharper Image filed for bankruptcy.

不幸的是，那是在2007年，Sharper Image不久后申请破产。

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The presence of Crystal certainly helps -- what girl wouldn't eventually fall for a guy who sings "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" in The Sharper Image?

克里斯托的表演的确出彩——有哪一个女人不会于最终爱上一个在电器零售商店中高唱《艺穗遍地的萨里》的男人呢？

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And technological advances make the image far sharper than on LCD and plasma screens.

技术进步使其图像比液晶和等离子屏幕清晰得多。

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The Sharper Image was one of the first, in a partnership with Apple, to introduce the iPod.

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What we don't know The Sharper Image for, though, is its broad selection of no-name phones procured from Chinese manufacturers.

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All of it contributed to a better life in some way, so the name The Sharper Image seemed appropriate, but also was not limiting.

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