But I see now that in the moments immediately after his fall there were subtler elements exerting powerful sway over the future.

但如今我却意识到，在紧接着他坠落的那些时刻里，有一些更加微妙的因素对未来起到了强大的支配影响。

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It was not immediately clear whether all the fanfare would sway Mr Qaddafi, whose 30 years of rule have been marked by erratic policy shifts: a scheduled press conference was summarily cancelled.

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