As technical progress made an hour of labour more productive, employers had less reason to resist shorter working hours.

随着技术进步使一小时的劳动更有效率， 雇主没有理由抵制缩短工作时间。

The mergers of telecom companies, such as WorldCom, hardly seem to bring higher prices for consumers or a reduction in the pace of technical progress.

像世界通讯这样的通讯公司合并似乎没有给消费者带来更高的价格，或者降低技术进步的速度。

15. The mergers of telecom companies, such as WorldCom, hardly seem to bring higher prices for consumers or a reduction in the pace of technical progress.

15. 世通等电信公司的合并似乎几乎没有给消费者带来更高的价格或减缓技术进步的步伐。

They were times of great economic and technical progress which also resulted in some huge changes in the society, one of which was a rise in crime.

那是经济和技术取得巨大进步的时代，也导致社会发生了一些巨大变化，其中之一就是犯罪率上升。