And if they are indeed the same nails — eaten away by rust and bent at the end, almost purposefully — was their disappearance a conspiracy or a logistical slip-up?

假如千真万确是那两颗铁钉，已经锈迹斑斑且顶端弯曲，几乎故意所为，这样的失踪是蓄意密谋还是逻辑错误？

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Thereal reason that Japan is so hell-bent on continuing its whaling isbecause it fears that a ban would be the thin end of the wedge.

日本如此决意继续进行捕鲸活动的真实原因是，它害怕一纸禁令将是冰山一角。

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It consists of a flattened brass tube closed at one end and bent into a circular form.

它是由一端封闭并弯成圆弧形的扁黄铜管构成的。

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They end up bent double, on zimmer frames, with pain, particularly pelvic fractures which are almost impossible to control in terms of pain.

BBC: Breakfast with Frost

Jermaine Beckford's shot hit the bar but was ruled not to have crossed the line and Villa promptly went down the other end for Bent to make it 2-1.

BBC: Everton 2-2 Aston Villa

To that end, Vietnam bent to American wishes.

ECONOMIST: Nguyen Co Thach