Whatever is going on inside the White House, from the outside it looks like moral collapse - a complete failure of purpose and loss of direction.

不管白宫内部在做什么，从外部看则像士气崩塌，目标上彻底失败，方向上完全迷失。

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were allowed to set foot inside the White House, while Michael Collins was forced to drive around in circles outside.

尼尔·阿姆斯特朗和巴兹·奥尔德林被允许踏入白宫，而迈克尔·柯林斯就只能开车在白宫外转圈圈。

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Inside the White House, aides seemed to sense that in the last week, a threshold was crossed.

在白宫内部，一些人也意识到，过去的一周如同过了一个门槛。

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EDITOR: "We're about to accuse Haldeman -- who only happens to be the second most important man in this country -- of conducting a criminal conspiracy from inside the White House.

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