在西非，制造工具和武器的铁匠在社会上占有重要地位，通常还有特殊的宗教权力和职能。

In West Africa, the blacksmith who made tools and weapons had an important place in society, often with special religious powers and functions.

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针对主张扩大美联储金融监管职能的提案，多德问，我为什么要把一种独家权力授予一个失灵的机构呢？

'Why should I give an institution that failed... that type of exclusive authority?' Mr. Dodd asked, referring to proposals to broaden the Fed's role as a financial regulator.

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在过去一年中，美联储获得了超越自身职责的权力——这对金融系统不好，也对核心职能是负责稳定价格和就业的美联储本身没有好处。

The Fed has taken on extensive new powers in the past year—which may not be healthy either for the financial system or for the Fed, whose principal duties are to maintain stable prices and jobs.

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