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Saturday Night Suede Today she's been working, she's been talking, she's been smoking, but it'll be alright, Cos tonight we'll go dancing, we'll go laughing, we'll get car sick, and it'll be okay like everyone says, it'll be alright and ever so nice,

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Qin (Dear friend), will you stay at home and go shopping online this weekend? Qinmen (dear friends), you should guard the safety of your online accounts and develop good habits. Weve summarized nine points of advice for you. Have a happy weekend onli

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Jobs also showed his feisty side in Moscow by insisting on talking about Trotsky, 在莫斯科，乔布斯还显示了自己争强好胜的一面，他坚持谈论托洛茨基 the charismatic revolutionary who fell out of favor and was ordered assass

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When Eisenstat asked what he meant, Sculley responded, I think I'm going to resign. 艾森斯塔特询问他是什么意思，斯卡利回答说：我想我会辞职。 You can't, Eisenstat protested. Apple will fall apart. 你不能，艾森斯塔特抗

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