They are coming in when they are symptomatic, which is usually after a decade of infection.

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

There is nothing more symptomatic of the growth of absolute rule than the growth of powerful armies.

没有什么比日益扩充的强大军队,更能代表绝对主义了

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