While boasting annual box-office revenue increases for nine straight years, largely due to increased ticket prices, the number of actual tickets sold has declined for the second year in a row.

尽管连续九年每年票房收入快速增加，很大程度是因为票价上涨，实际销售的票数量在第二年是下降的。

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Last year, to make it that little bit easier for members of the House of Representatives to pop in, Mr Feulner opened a second office on the House side.

去年，为方便众议院议长更容易地到访，佛纳在众议院的那一侧开了第二个办公室。

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Both the NOAA and Nasa have stated that the first six months of this year were the hottest on record, while the Met Office believes it is the second hottest start to the year after 1998.

NOAA and Nasa均已表示，今年头6个月为有记录以来最热，而气象局则认为，它是1998年之后第二个最热上半年。

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Of course, the popular Johnson could still be in office in 2020, since he was re-elected to a second four-year term in 2012 and a proposal to limit London mayors to two terms was defeated in Parliament.

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Office rents are expected to rise 4.5% this year, the second-biggest gain after Houston, though that will diminish next year as newly constructed space damps landlords' leverage.

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And intellectual property consulting firm TechIPM analyzed LTE-related patents registered to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by the second quarter of this year and reported that LG held the largest overall number of patents as well.

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