Clinton,who is set to visit Haiti on Thursday, said that despite its status as the Western Hemisphere's poorest country, it has made progress in democratic governance since elections in 2006 and stands to take another step forward with elections for a new senate on Sunday.

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A progress bar is not supposed to print one hundred lines just to update its status; generally we like to see a little animation.

一个进度条不应该是打印100行,只是更新它的状态，一般地，我们,想看到一点生机。

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The uncertain status of divine providence here, I think, is made clear by its figuration as a moon.

这里神圣的天意的不确定的地位，被月亮这个比喻表现的更为清晰。

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And it loses its holy status automatically.

之后自动失去神圣的状态。

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