All the candidates say that in the long run America's standing in the world will depend on the power of its economy, and some accept that to restore the economy it will have to spend less on defence.

所有的竞选者都表示，从长远来看，美国在世界的地位将依赖其经济实力；一些人承认，要恢复经济，就要缩减军事支出。

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It is very important to understand the laws of value and efficiency of disaster defence engineering for making effectively activities and decisions of disaster economy.

把握防灾工程的价值及效益规律，是有效指导防灾经济活动和决策的重要前提。

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While he meets Queen Elizabeth and her prime minister, Tony Blair, many of his ministers notably those of defence, economy, foreign affairs and education will meet their British counterparts.

ECONOMIST: Argentina and Britain

By 1960, or not very long afterwards, the Ministry for Overseas (or Associated?) Territories could be a fairly small office, dealing with the remaining colonies and those smaller ex-colonies that, for reasons of defence and economy, wanted Britain to continue to represent them abroad.

ECONOMIST: From the archive

It has been announced that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit London on Tuesday for a summit with Mr Cameron on defence and the economy.

BBC: EU leaders strive for deal on budget discipline