To Karl Marx irresistible economic forces governed human beings and determined the trend of events.

对卡尔·马克思来说，不可抗拒的经济力量主宰着人类并决定着历史事件的趋向。

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But the general trend of events will not permit capitulation; the obstinate and peculiarly barbarous character of Japan's war has decided this aspect of the question.

但是大势所趋，是降不了的，日本战争的坚决性和特殊的野蛮性，规定了这个问题的一方面。

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Asian stock market keeps the general trend of events under the prerequisite of the same tendency as US stock market, the whole will be stronger than the quotations tendencies of other areas slightly.

亚洲股市将大势保持与美国股市相同走势的前提下，整体将会稍强于其他地区的行情走势。

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It was seen as part of the trend of firms hosting one-off events to suit their own timetables rather than rushing to meet a January deadline.

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And it pointed to what it said was an increasingly worrying trend of gender segregation at student Islamic Society events.

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