"And we are going to win in November and President Obama will be a one-term president!" After more than a year of debate, the president is equally determined to make one last push for health care, including a recent stop in Ohio.

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The very presence in a theatrical piece of a long and weighty philosophical debate like this one could easily be seen as having a pretty tedious effect.

很容易看出这样一个戏剧般长篇,而有分量的哲学争论,有着令人厌倦的作用。

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