For the hundreds of thousands about to pass through the gates of the New Orleans Fairgrounds, as long as the music has a great beat, it doesn't really matter what you call it.

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It's a new form of monetary policya new invention which we've been doing only for a matter of months now.

这是一种新的货币政策形式一个新的发明,我们刚刚采用了几个月而已。

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But real things matter, like if the company decides to build that new plant in Akron.

真正重要的事,比如公司决定在阿克伦城建个新工厂

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And what that a matter is that the War put an end to the New Deal.

重要的是,战争让新政退出舞台。

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One of the big arguments that is part of this story is when did this development of new way of fighting come about; rather quickly, over a matter of a few years, or did it stretch out over quite a long time.

人们对此最大的争议就在于,这种新型战斗方式是何时为军队所用的,是在短短几年内迅速发展起来的呢,还是在很长的一段时间逐步形成的呢

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