The election,for the most part, she adds,went smoothly. Husseini told al Arabiya TV the process of tabulating votes is being done in Baghdad, "due to the ability to conduct business in a strictly controlled environment, according to international standards."

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

But they're not allowed to just do it their own way; they have to do it according to standards, so the GAAP accounting is standardized.

但这代表随心所欲,必须要根据标准,国际公认会计准则就是一种标准

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So the writer seems very determined to tell the story in a way that depicts God as acting not capriciously but according to certain clear standards of justice.

作者似乎决定,描述不是一个变幻莫测,而是有着很清楚公正原则的上帝。

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