Standing permanently on guard at the fulcrum of competing privatised arms of the state, armed with his suitcase of his rivals' commercial secrets, is a more tedious occupation.

一直在那盯着国家重要的富有竞争的私营部门，臂弯箱子里夹着竞争对手的商业秘密是一件多么沉闷的事情。

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But this time imagine that you have no idea what your social standing, income or talent level are going to be in the new state.

不过这一次假定你对自己的社会地位、收入和智识水准全然不知。

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Depressing reports about how quickly the world's tropical forests are being felled are commonplace. But depressing reports about the state of the trees that are still standing are much rarer.

有关全球热带森林遭到乱砍滥伐、令人痛心的报道极为常见，但是痛陈现存林木状况的报道却少之又少。

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Standing alongside Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated a call for Russia to end its military presence in two breakaway Georgian regions.

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But he still has memories of those days. He recalls standing on his grandfather's shoulders in his native state of Hawaii, waiting for the Apollo 11 space capsule to be plucked from the Pacific Ocean and brought to shore.

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Its history (see "Udder Success") reflects the different nature of enterprises in nations with long-standing state dominance.

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Pro-NRW, an anti-Islam party that is standing in the state election taking place on May 13th, wants to display caricatures of Islam near mosques.

ECONOMIST: Some Germans worry about the distribution of free Korans

But I know that Senator Flake, for example, talked about the impact that that had on his standing in the state of Arizona with voters in Arizona, including with gun owners in Arizona.

WHITEHOUSE: Gaggle by Josh Earnest en route Columbus, OH