Most electoral observers believe the vote was fair despite irregularities that included security forces at polling stations, some ballot boxes not being properly sealed, and the absence of opposition representatives during some vote counting.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

So that you do the experiment, you see the phenomenon, and then you see the visualization that adds things to the phenomenon that you normally can't see that are there whether or not sealed.

因此我们通过做实验，观测到现象，然后看到直观化的过程,它会将你平时看不见的物质,添加到这个现象中,让你感觉它本来就在那儿。

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The outcome of the Saturday night drama had actually been sealed earlier in the day, when two Democratic senators who had not pledged their support for the bill announced that they would vote for it to advance to debate.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23