But as history shows, the past was not that wonderful.

但正如历史所表明的，过去并非那么美妙。

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But as history shows, the path may not have a single destination.

但是正如历史所上演的，一条道路不一定只有一个目的地。

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France and Australia may not have the United States' particular history of minstrel shows... but something about the act of portraying a white woman as black ought to sound an alarm, somewhere.

法国和澳大利亚也许没有美国那段流浪艺人涂黑脸表演的特殊历史…但这种把一名白人女子涂成黑色的行为，应该给某些人敲响警钟。

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But as the dollar's history shows, economic clout is not enough without financial sophistication (see article).

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He may have been guilty of being a lousy husband, but as Roiphe points out, history shows plenty of instances of terrible husbands being great leaders.

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But history shows that minting developed not as a private-sector attempt to minimise the costs of trading, but as a government operation.

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