"Do we really want government bureaucrats rather than doctors dictating how we prevent and treat something like breast cancer?" President Obama has assured Americans that they can stay with their present health care providers, if they choose.

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When you don't have to worry about criteria like that ordinary, mechanical energy rules supreme, and that's dictating where equilibrium lies.

如果你不担心像这样的要求,通常的机械能就占据主要地位，并且决定平衡位于何处。

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One thing that makes it pretty clear is that certainly delta S or the sign of it alone is not dictating the outcome here.

这个例子非常清楚的说明,熵增dS或者它的符号,不能单独决定最后的结果。

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