Tony Blair and Gordon Brown talked excitedly about “transforming” Whitehall and its fuddy-duddy ways.

托尼•布莱尔和戈登•布朗兴奋地谈论着“改造”白厅及其老派作风。

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Translation: The best performers were the sorts of fuddy-duddy stocks (see table) that most investors assume will be duds and shun.

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"Her mum, Nicolette, Marchioness of Londonderry, hired David Hicks to transform this fuddy-duddy estate into an extraordinarily groovy house with an incredible sense of color, " the designer marveled.

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In contrast, Apple's ads have neatly-wrapped cutting attacks on Windows Vista in a humorous schtick that depicts the PC user as a fumbling fuddy-duddy and the Mac user as worldy, wise and hip.

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