But in nineteen ninety-one, Democrats accused President George H.W.Bush of using the last such speech for political purposes.

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How, in other words, can it be put to political purposes if there is this underlying, implicit centrism in this notion of reconciliation, harmonization, and balance?

也就是说,文学既然强调和谐和平衡,又怎么能用于政治目的呢？

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The abandonment of such a study or its adulteration for current political purposes would be a terrible loss for all of humanity, and at the base, at the root of that civilization stood the Greeks.

如果出于政治的目的而对此段历史,视而不见甚至完全摒弃,这对全人类,将是一个巨大的损失,追根溯源,这一切都根植于希腊文明

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They inflated at home for political purposes, but tried to keep their currencies pegged to the dollar.

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That's a horse of a different color from the IRS's abusing its power for political purposes.

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Most of what you hear is a fairy tale designed to serve present-day political purposes.

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