They were delighted to accept—and to play off one lender against another to get the easiest terms and lowest rates.

企业很乐于接受这种情况，而且贷款人之间的竞争，让企业得到更加宽松的低息贷款。

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Without a coordinated, multilateral strategy, Russia will be free to play off one creditor against another with the likely losers being taxpayers throughout the West.

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One thing that would be nice is if the relevant players Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Obama and his Republican foes could figure out a way to emerge from the coming talks with a signal to Iran that they stand together and won't allow Tehran to play them off, one against another.

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In this way, the ruling lot find it easy to play one ethnic group off against another.

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