There is a disproportionately high suicide rate among prisoners facing very long sentences.

特长刑期的犯人中自杀率高得不成比例。

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The key is , how long can the federal government control the inflation rate?

关键在于联邦政府对通货膨胀率的控制能维持多久？

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If one chord holds twice as long or only half as long, then we have an irregular harmonic change--irregular rate of harmonic change.

如果某一个和弦持续的时间是两倍或者只有一半，那我们就有了不规则的和声改变——和声改变的不规则比率。

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"We can't celebrate a 10 percent unemployment rate, especially the long-term unemployment continues to grow in very troubling numbers,"

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This is the starting speed, that's the rate at which it is gaining velocity, and that's how long it's been gaining it.

这是起始时的速度,这是速度的增长速率,这是加速的时间

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If one chord holds twice as long or only half as long, then we have an irregular harmonic change--irregular rate of harmonic change.

如果某一个和弦持续的时间是其他和弦的两倍或者只有一半，这就是不规则的和声改变。

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And so it's very hard to predict exactly what the long rate will do, even when the Fed is cutting.

NPR: Rate Cut Benefits Consumers Some, Investors More

This de facto management of the long rate, according to Lehmann, is also preventing yields from spiking higher than they have.

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And because the Fed will no longer be managing the long rate.

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