And nothing I could do or say could make the army move."

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And,it used to be that twenty or thirty years ago you'd say nothing in France works, and everything works in the U.S, and now it's just the opposite,totally the opposite.

而在二十或三十年前,你会说法国一片混乱,而美国一切运行顺利,现在则恰恰相反,完全相反

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