Ideas about social class—whether a person is "working-class" or "middle-class"—are one area in which changes have been extremely slow.

关于社会阶级的观念，判断一个人是“工人阶级”还是“中产阶级”，这是一个极其缓慢的变化过程。

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The decision is a vindication of the social conservatives' “slow squeeze” strategy on abortion.

这个判决维护了社会保守派对堕胎使用的”缓慢紧缩“手段。

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In Britain the perception that class is fairly fixed could become more damaging if income inequality continues to rise and social mobility to slow.

在英国，那种认为阶级地位是十分固定的想法，在收人不均继续加大、社会流动性更加缓慢的情况下，可能更具有破坏作用。

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Late on Sunday, Senate Republicans said they were dropping their proposal to slow the growth of Social Security payments.

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When news leaked that Obama might be willing to change the way the government measures inflation (an adjustment that would gradually slow the growth of Social Security benefits), the Democratic base went nuts.

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In Britain the perception that class is fairly fixed could become more damaging if income inequality continues to rise and social mobility to slow.

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