They noted that the African Union has in the past approved an important convention, only to see it lie dormant for lack of ratification.

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Passion seems to lie in coldness rather than heat, lies exactly in the restraining and disciplining of passion.

激情似乎存在于寒冷而不是酷热里，恰恰存在于,对激情的抑制。

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- Now that's a slight lie-- or actually in these days of political debates, a slight misspeaking, a wonderful word-- -- it is technically correct. It is enough to allow us to write any program, but it's not enough to allow us to easily write any program.

现在还有点说谎的感觉,或者在这些强调政治辩论的日子中，可以说成是有些词不达意-,这是一个绝妙的形容词,在语义上是完全正确的，用这种语言我们可以编写任何程序,但是不能轻松地编写程序。

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