In other words, you can win people to your side more easily with gentle persuasion than by hostile actions.

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A state of war can include, in other words, " what we might call a "cold war," two hostile sides looking at each other across a barrier of some type, not clear or not certain what the other will do.

换句话说，战争状态包括，我们所说的“冷战“,敌对双方透过某种屏障,对对方虎视眈眈，却不知道对方会干什么。

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When you see black faces subjects are more likely to fill this with words like "hostile" while whites more likely to fill it with words like "hospital."

当看到黑人照片时，实验对象,更可能填上“hostile“这样的词“,看到白人时，更可能填上“hospital“这样的词“

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