The army is one of the main props of the government.

军队是政府的主要支柱之一。

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Every province, autonomous region and municipality has set up a census office and will report to a main center staffed by officials from government departments.

每个省、自治区、直辖市都设立了人口普查办公室，并向由政府部门官员组成的主要中心报告。

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The provincial government said some 3,700 houses were destroyed and more than 90 main roads were closed after being submerged.

巴图·克瓦省说，大约3,700座房屋被毁，逾90条主要道路因被洪水淹没而封闭。

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And yet we're getting less for our money." The main way that the federal government pays for health care is by insuring older people through the Medicare program.

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So the main business of government consists in knowing how to control the elites because they are always a potential source of conflict and ambition.

因此统治的第一要务在于,懂得如何控制精英人物因为,他们往往是冲突和野心的潜在来源。

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The main targets were government buildings.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

And they fear it could harm civil society itself (the network of local institutions where most voluntary activity takes place) by making the government the main link between individuals and the society they offer to help.

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In the short term, the government's main tool against inflation is higher interest rates.

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The government's main economic priority is to try to make the state less inefficient.

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