Few have witnessed events so close up, and with so intimate a knowledge of the gap between (Iraqi) reality and (American) expectation.

几乎没有人如此靠近的见证这些事件和如此紧密的了解(伊拉克)现实和(美国)期望之间的鸿沟。

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Become friends with Her Close friends - Initially this one may seem unnecessary or even a bit strange, but mutual friendships are a vital key to the long term success of intimate relationships.

和她的密友们成为朋友。——刚开始这可能不是很有必要甚至有点古怪，但是双方的友谊是维持一段长久的亲密关系的关键。

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We have a human need to be close, to be intimate, with other human beings.

我们人类需要和其他人亲近，亲密。

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And so in the end, we get a very close, fairly intimate relationship, especially on the intelligence level, between the United States and Iraq.

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Danielle Chiesi made a name for herself by building close personal (allegedly intimate) relationships with powerful men, in exchange for company secrets, which she then passed on to Raj Rajaratnam, the leader of what is being called the largest insider trader ring ever.

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When the report comes back, often the morning after a game, coaches can click on a player's number and view video of every play he was involved in, as well as intimate measures of his performance that include a breakdown of where his assists were received: close to the rim, for instance, or in the paint or out near the three-point line.

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