"You can't say,'We're going to do less because those numbers are pessimistic.' You say,'We have to do what we do in light of those numbers.'" House minority leader John Boehner repeated his assertion that President Obama has largely ignored Republican proposals on the budget and economy.

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For women, the good news is that that fat below the waist tends to do less physical damage than the fact above the waist that men more often have.

对女性来说,好消息是,腰以下的脂肪堆积对身体造成的损害比,男性的腰以上的脂肪要少

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People have names. People have distinct, individual names that mark them as people and once you know somebody's name you are less likely to do bad things to them.

人都有各具个性的名字,这标志他们的人性,一旦你知道某个人的名字,你对他行恶的可能性就会降低。

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It's because these are the women who have abdominal obesity, so women are less likely to have it in the first place, but many do, and of those who do and have that metabolic syndrome, then they're more susceptible to the heart disease outcomes than men are.

这是因为研究对象都是有腹部肥胖的女性,女性一开始的确比较少患腹部肥胖,但其中仍有人会有腹部肥胖,所以那些患代谢综合征的腹部肥胖女性,与男性相比更容易受到心脏疾病的影响

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