It has experienced internal divisions and rising tensions in the past year, as major political parties struggle to agree on a basic political structure.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

As with almost all of the issues of contemporary and political struggle in the seventeenth century, Milton's own views really pull decidedly to the left, to the progressive end of the political spectrum.

和17世纪几乎所有的现代的,政治斗争相伴的是，弥尔顿的观点果断的偏向了左翼，偏向了政治图谱的革新分子一方。

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Analysts say the advent of the born-frees has changed political discourse and obliged leaders to stop relying for votes on their role in the independence struggle.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27