His boldest campaign pledge, in some ways, was to get American troops out of Iraq within 16 months, but that hardly seems today like the radical proposal it seemed a year ago.

在某种程度上说，他竞选时做出的最大胆的承诺是16个月内从伊拉克撤军，但如今，这个提议已经不像一年前显得那么激进了。

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It seems almost strange that the euro-area economy was so strong at a time when a sovereign-debt crisis and regional imbalances seemed to threaten the single currency’s very existence.

欧元区经济在主权债务危机和区域不平衡强烈威胁单一货币的绝对存在的时候保持表现如此强劲的事实看上去非常奇怪。

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That seemed counterintuitive, because it seems like the fewer employees onsite, the lower your overhead costs.

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As recession bites, unemployment rises and repossessions mount, the sort of privilege that the Corfu saga seems to advertise may become a bigger liability than it has hitherto seemed.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

One element that, it seems, had not been carefully thought out was the cost, huge as it seemed at the time.

ECONOMIST: Hideo Shima