However, following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Borlaug tried to join the military, but was rejected under wartime labour regulations.

然而，在1941年12月7日袭击珍珠港后，博洛格试图参军，但因战时的劳动法规被拒绝。

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For all its overwhelming industrial and mercantile dominance, the United States remained a tenth-rate military power (except for its navy) until galvanized by Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

比如，由于拥有压倒性的工业与商业优势，直到日本袭击珍珠港之前，美国一直是个低等军事国家（海军除外）。

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After returning to his best friend, Danny, and girlfriend, who are stationed in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Japanese attack.

回到他最好的朋友丹尼及他的女友身边，1941年十月他驻扎在夏威夷的珍珠港，之后他们日本人袭击了珍珠港。

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Roosevelt knew in advance of a coming attack on Pearl Harbor but let the Japanese attack the naval base to justify U.S. entry into World War II.

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This kind of overconfidence can lead to disasters, such as with the Chernobyl disaster (the Ukrainian Minister of Power stated the odds of a meltdown were 1 in 10, 000 just two months before the meltdown), the Challenger (NASA estimated the odds of catastrophic failure as 1 in 100, 000), or Pearl Harbor (the American military believed that Pearl Harbor was virtually immune to attack).

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The two-hour Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack is set to air May 27 on National Geographic's newly launched cable channel and the same night on NBC.

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