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Each demanded some payment that was overdue: twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth; one pound four and one penny for the General District and Special Rates; and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate.

三封信都是催债的，而且每项款都已经过了期。家具和油布十二先令；统税和特税一镑四先令一便士；济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。

Friends of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are trying to raise money to ease the burden of her old presidential campaign debt, and they are doing it by raffling "fantastic prizes"- including a day in New York with former President Bill Clinton, local media reported.

据当地媒体报道，美国国务卿希拉里竞选总统欠巨债，友人为帮她筹款想奇招：民众可在网上报名参加抽奖，其中一项&梦幻大奖&是由比尔·克林顿陪同在纽约度假一天。

Because these options are kinds of early exercise, and some options whether trigged, must depend on the average price of the object stock, it is very difficult to evaluate convertible bonds.

由於这些选择权皆为可提前履约，而且某些条款是否被驱动，必须取决於标的股票的平均价格。在此一复杂的条件之下，评价可转换公司债可谓一项艰钜的金融工程。

Whatever their weaknesses, we should add, many zero-coupon and PIK bonds will not default.

不过这些债券有多少缺点，但我们却必须承认许多零息与 PIK 债券应该不会还不出钱来，事实上我们自己也投资了一些，而且若是债券市场情况再变差一点，我们可能还会买的更多，(当然我们从来就不会考虑去买那些新发行债信又差的垃圾债券)，就本质而言，没有一项财务工具是不对的，只是有一些含有相当高程度的可能伤害在里面。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。