Defense Secretary Robert Gates painted a mostly upbeat picture of the situation in Iraq, indicating that it was possible that more U.S.troops could come home sooner than anticipated.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

He has seen every possible situation.

他比较熟悉情况

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And I think it's possible to see that one of the purposes of this poem is precisely to correct that situation.

我们可以看到他这首诗歌的目的之一,就是去改变现状。

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"Thousands of people gathered around the Siriraj area with the same feeling in our hearts for to humbly ask His Majesty the king to return to the healthy situation as soon as possible,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

The statesmen in the Aristotelian sense is the one who seeks to return as quickly and efficiently as possible to the normal situation.

亚里士多德式的政治家,是一位寻求尽可能快速且有效,回复到正常情势的政治家。

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