This week the Pentagon said that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, to which it may respond using traditional military force.

这个星期五角大楼称来自其它国家的计算机破坏行为将构成战争行为，对此美国将会使用传统军事力量作为回应。

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A manner, process, or method of performing an act or deed; habitual or vigorous activity or energy; movement; motion; a force that causes change.

一种态度、过程，或是一种采取动作和做事的方法；习惯、充足的活力或干劲；动作，行为，一种带来改变的力量。

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Paradoxically, it was the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, an attempt to give statutory force to the common-law writ, which paved the way for its gradual erosion.

1679年签署了人身保护法，作为赋予普通法令状以法定效力的一次尝试，矛盾的是，正是这项法令为人生保护令的逐渐腐蚀铺平了道路。

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He said the attempt by the United States to strengthen its force at Fort Sumter was clearly an act of aggression.

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He said: "If my men starve in the streets of Washington, the smell of their bodies will force Congress to act."

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The prime minister wants that changed, as well as a re-examination of proposals to create a specific criminal offence covering the act of trying to force someone into marriage.

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Yes, we are all ultimately messy inside, but the truly interesting fact is that Jobs had tamed the messiness in ways that allowed him to act like a force of nature: simple, elemental and inexorable.

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Peers voted by 203 to 165 to pass an amendment calling for an independent review of council tax reduction schemes within three years of the act coming into force.

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