The Republicans failed to get the two-thirds majority they needed to rush the bill through in time for Mr Bush's visit.

众院共和党人未能获得在布什先生访问前仓促推动该法案过关所需的三分之二多数议员的支持。

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The point of all this work is to make it so difficult to get at sensitive data that hackers don't even try, or they move on after a few failed attempts.

加密的要点是使获取敏感数据变得非常困难，以致黑客不再尝试攻击，或尝试攻击失败后离去。

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When good men asked for it they were refused, or failed to obtain it when promised, as the king would forget or prefer not to open the vase to get but a single drop.

而好人去求灵药时，或被拒绝，或得到允诺却迟迟拿不到药，因为国王总会忘记或更笨不愿打开瓶子，哪怕只是一滴药。

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However,they failed to get the necessary votes.

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So not only have Friedman and his colleagues on the far Left failed to convince the general public to give up support for Israel, they have failed to get young American Jews to give up support for Israel.

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For example, some money managers went to cash during the 2007-2009 bear market but missed the bottom, meaning they failed to get reinvested before stocks rebounded.

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Back in 2000, they considered launching legal action against the race organisers after they failed to get an invitation.

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