Unlike in the heydays of LDP rule in the 1970s and 1980s, when Japan was united in the pursuit of economic growth, the nation today is divided.

上世纪70-80年代自民党主政的全盛时期，日本全国上下都一致追求经济增长，而现在日本各界已经出现分化。

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Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

规则9：生活不分学期，没有暑假，很少有老板有兴趣帮你找寻自我。

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Rule No. 9: Life is not divided into semesters, and you don't get summers off.

第九条：生活并不分学期，而你也再没有暑假。

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But Mr Suharto divided to rule, and the divisions have outlasted his reign.

ECONOMIST: The opposition wants change, but what change?

The Conservatives hold just 144 of the chamber's 308 seats, and rule largely because the opposition is divided.

ECONOMIST: Canada's armed forces

Problem number three is that our country, because of the winner-take-all rule, is divided into battleground states and flyover states.

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