Though poor and fragile, Ethiopia carries a lot of weight in the region.

然而，贫困，脆弱的埃塞俄比亚却在这片土地上占据着举足轻重的地位。

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Prohibitions on abortion are slowly easing, though poor countries remain much tougher than rich ones.

对堕胎的限制在缓慢放松，但贫困国家仍较富裕国家限制得更严。

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But Egypt, though poor, has a sophisticated elite, a well-educated middle class and strong sense of national pride.

但埃及尽管穷困，却有着尖端的精英阶层，受过很好教育的中产阶级以及很强的国家自豪感。

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Many programs cost up to one thousand dollars or more, though some are available for poor families.

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They wanted to help, even though many of them were as poor as the Anderson family.

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It put the Confederate states in the position of fighting for slavery -- even though most of the soldiers were too poor to own slaves.

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As a result, Mongolia, though poor, had a decent enough social-welfare system, and few Mongolians fell through its cracks.

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Healthy early demand does not always translate to strong demand over time, though poor initial demand is difficult for vendors to recover from.

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On the left, reducing dependency is sometimes seen as a bad thing, even though poor people are the biggest victims of big government.

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