In fact, when you break a rule or law, you lose control over your life and give others the power to impose punishment that you have no control over.

事实上，当你违反了一个规则或法律，你就失去了对你的生活的控制，并给予别人施加于你惩罚的权力，这种惩罚是你无法控制的。

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"This is Moore's law for plants," says Mr Atlin, referring to the rough rule that computing power doubles every two years for the same price.

这是植物的摩尔定律“，阿特林先生说，这指的是同等价格计算能力每两年增加一倍的粗略计算。”

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While we know that the number of super wealthy is probably closer to 2% than 20%, the proverb turns a famouse rule of mathematics, known as power law, into common wisdom.

当我们听到非常富有的人数只占2%而不是20%的时候，这个谚语又把著名的数学模型，power law(幂次现象)，变成真理。

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Garner and his team face a daunting task which ranges from restoring power and water to establishing the rule of law in the war-shattered country.

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Recently, it has become fashionable to play down that progress by pointing out that many of the new democracies have not gone beyond elections to build the other, essential, protections for liberty: an independent judiciary, equality before a well-enforced rule of law, and constitutional limits on the abuse of political power.

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