And that's exactly what he did, saying that he had never seen a reception at the UN like the one I had received, that the world needed me, and that my adversaries should leave me alone.

他确实也是这样做的，说他从未见过在联大会议上有谁享受过我的礼遇，说世界需要我，我的对手应该让我放手去做事。

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Because he needed a friend so desperately, he never found one.

由于他是如此绝望地需要一个朋友，他从未找到过一个朋友。

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But internet service is at best spotty in rural areas like Bridger, and Buffalo thought he could never come close to getting the number of votes he needed to win one of the orchards.

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On a lighter note: that Thavis never lacked for sources when he needed to find out what was going on behind the scenes is one of the best aspects of the book.

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