Operating-room errors hold a special terror for patients, if only because they seem like the most avoidable kind of complications.

手术室的失误令病人们特别惊恐，要是由于这些失误是最有可能避免的情况。

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Tragically, the weapons with which the next war will be fought - an avoidable war brought on by the Diplomacy of September - will make the lethal Guns of August seem like pop-guns by comparison.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Diplomacy of September