The little war of the telegram had given me a glimpse of her love of mischief.

这场关于电报的战役让我看到了她对不幸的人们的爱。

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But every time an attempt at Arab-Israeli peacemaking fails, as Barack Obama's did shortly before Christmas, the peace becomes a little more fragile and the danger of war increases.

但是，每一次阿拉伯和以色列的和平尝试失败，就像奥巴马的圣诞节前不久所做的，让和平变得越来越不现实，战争的危险日益增加一样。

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His tent is a walk across a black wasteland pocked by the twisted wreckage of vehicles blown up in the war and little piles of human faeces left by the locals, who eschew latrines.

到他的帐篷要走过一片黑色的废墟，废墟上有许多战争中爆炸遗留下来的车辆遗骸和几堆当地人的粪便，当地人不用厕所。

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Why did they become so famous? The story of these famous men began a little before the American Civil War of the eighteen sixties.

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I'm oversimplifying a little bit but between wars the rate tends to come down because people think, well the war is over.

我说得有点过于笼统了,但在战争期间，税率走势却有所下降,因为人们都觉得战争结束了。

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because at one of the sites, the professor kind of finds out a little bit more about his mother, what her experiences were, especially during the War.

因为教授在其中一处,详细介绍了他母亲的经历，尤其是她在战时的经历。

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