When there was only one telephone company, what MaBell did defined how things were.
那时只有一个电话公司，贝尔公司自己的所作所为就是事情的规范。
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The nation's longtime telephone monopoly, nicknamed MaBell, and its regional successors were prohibited from giving any public phone call preference in how quickly it was connected.
国家的长期电话垄断企业，绰号“马贝尔”，及其地区继任者，被禁止为任何公用电话的连接速度提供优惠。
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During Alibaba's 2014 initial public offering in the United States, Mr. Ma gave television interviews but allowed a group of merchants to ring the stock exchange bell.