Geithner says the typical pattern of an economic turnaround dictates that only when businesses start to hire again will there be a peak in unemployment.

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Then there's a formula that dictates how much Tier I capital and how much Tier II capital they have to hold.

还有一个公式可以计算出,他们必须持有,多少一级资本和多少二级资本

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Custom dictates that I say something about the subject matter of this course at its outset.

习惯使然，在这堂课开始时,我要说一些关于,这个主题的事。

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Or,in the 1980s,when there were huge demonstrations by people favoring the Catholic Church it was the same thing, with reacting against the kind of dictates or dictates coming down from Paris.

在1980年有一场大游行,为了支持天主教会,这些都是一样的,是为了反抗,来自巴黎的指示和规定

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