1. A shortage of qualified supply chain managers right now, especially in global companies that must coordinate far-flung operations, can be traced to two factors.

2. 将这些类似的信号通过编程的方式写入造假肢，会给截肢者带来和以前研发出来的产品完全不同的假肢。

3. Congress will authorize billions more in stimulus that won't be called 'stimulus' and won't actually create jobs. And Congress will convene a bi-partisan deficit cutting commission that won't do much either. Until investors stop buying US Treasurys, why should Congress change its ways?

4. We think of the passage of NBA time in seasons, for obvious reasons. There's connection, a continuum. It's how we remember things that happen, in the course of a season of play. But there's some benefit to looking back at a calendar year, January 1 to December 31, and what we've learned in that process. After all, many say the "unofficial start" to the NBA season is Christmas, with the new year starting soon after. So here are the lessons we learned about the NBA in the year 2017.

5. Staff numbers at insurance agencies also rose by 936,200 to a total of more than 5.6m people.

6. The registered urban unemployment rate stood at 4.02 percent at year-end 2016, the lowest level in years.

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1. This is the biggest question hanging over the global economy. And the biggest risk.

2. 公众宗教研究机构与宗教新闻通讯社联合开展的这项调查显示，不同政治派别和不同宗教信仰的人们对于恶劣天气的观念存在分歧，今年已经发生了多起严重的高温和干旱灾害。

3. Will businesses finally shed their caution?

4. “如果听到苹果CEO是同性恋，能帮助一些人努力直面自我，或者给一些感到孤独的人带来慰藉，或者激励人们坚持自己的平等权利，那么这值得我用个人隐私来交换，”他在为《彭博商业周刊》(Bloomberg Businessweek)的10月号撰文时写道。

5. “我们为最佳影片奖颁奖通告期间出现的失误，向《月光男孩》、《爱乐之城》、沃伦?比蒂、费?唐纳薇、以及奥斯卡奖观众表示诚挚地道歉。颁奖嘉宾收到的是错误奖项的信封，这个失误一经发现立刻得到了纠正。”

6. 由于本月初谷歌人工智能程序AlphaGo对弈韩国围棋大师李世石取得历史性的胜利，互联网巨头们就人工智能的前景展开了热烈讨论。

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1. 始终保持廉洁本色。

2. 据中国岛主联盟发起者林东估计，目前中国至少有600名岛主。

3. Similar trends have been seen at other Cup matches, though no polls were carried out previously.