A call for the Israelis to freeze settlements is effective only if it is accompanied by the credible threat of a reduction in aid.

呼吁以色列冻结定居点只有辅之减少援助的实际威胁才能奏效。

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THE deficit-reduction deal that finally raised America’s debt ceiling and staved off the threat of default seemed to make no one happy.

财政赤字减少的协议最终提高了美国的债务上限并且延缓了使大家不欢的不履行责任的威胁。

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We need to strengthen cooperation and learn from each other in disaster preparedness and reduction so as to minimize the threat of natural disasters to the lives and property of our people.

要加强防灾减灾领域合作，相互学习借鉴，降低自然灾害对人民生命财产的威胁。

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This does not surprise environmentalists, who have long argued that any policy of pollution-reduction that does not include a threat of punishment for non-compliance is useless.

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This cost will be more than offset by the lasting benefits in terms of a genuine reduction in the Soviet threat a real "peace dividend" that will only be achieved when the communist totalitarian political structure and its economic handmaiden, the centralized command system, are supplanted by true democratic and free market arrangements.

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Moreover, these costs will be more than offset by the lasting benefits in terms of a genuine reduction in the Soviet threat a real "peace dividend" that will only be achieved when the Soviet totalitarian political structure and its economic handmaiden, the centralized command system, are supplanted by true democratic and free market arrangements.

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