Thus began an increasingly silly feud between governor and legislature. Legislators delayed sending a budget to Mrs Brewer, who in turn sued the body and won.

于是一场愈显可笑的争斗在州长和议会之间一触即发。立法委员故意拖延发给布鲁·沃尔女士的预算方案，于是她以起诉议会作为回敬并赢了这场官司。

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Thanks to such landmark buildings, these cities have won global attention and thus acquired a crucial advantage in their competition against other cities.

这些城市因为它们所拥有的这些标志性建筑而为人瞩目，它们也因此在世界城市的竞争中获得了一个重要优势。

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Thus spake he, nor were his words in vain: for the god made him a glorious gift of a golden car and winged untiring steeds: so he overcame Oinomaos and won the maiden for his bride.

他诉说着，言辞没有被风吹去：那神赠与他荣耀的礼物，黄金的战车和永不疲倦的张翼的战马，他战胜了欧诺玛奥斯，赢得了新娘。

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Immediately after the first round, in which Mr Ahmadinejad came second and thus won a place in the run-off, it looked possible that reformists' votes would transfer to Mr Rafsanjani and guarantee his victory.

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Although Humphrey got in the race after the filing deadlines for every remaining primary had passed, and thus never won a single primary, he went on to easily win the Democratic nomination.

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Bumping up Mr Putin's numbers was not just a way of ensuring that he won over 50% of the vote and thus did not have to endure a run-off, but a demonstration to his bureaucracy and security services that he is still in charge and able to mobilise whatever resources he needs to stay in power.

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