"He was a guy who tried to get people to work on their own behalf, to get things done and to try to have everybody contribute,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

So we now have a real usable criterion to help guide our understanding of whether things happen by themselves of their own accord or not.

所以我们找到了一个非常有用的判据,这个判据能够指导我们,弄明白变化是否,是自发发生的。

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What things are worth having for their own sake, whether or not those things also have instrumental value, What things are worth having for their own sake ? and what things are worth avoiding for their own sake?

什么东西是因其自身品质而值得拥有，不管它们是否有利用价值，什么东西是因其自身品质而值得拥有,什么东西是因其自身品质而应避免？

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But the Afghans often have their own way of doing things. And that sometimes conflicts with U.S.-led efforts to forge a larger, more independent Afghan security force.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

So you have the low fat diets, you have the low carb diets like Atkins, etc., and so--and even the experts who aren't out there trying to make a fortune on diet books have their own favorite foods and things.

比如低脂肪饮食,和阿特金斯的低碳饮食,即使是想靠出版食谱书赚大钱的专家们,也有自己偏好的食物

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