But almost everyone else wanted to win the war quickly and return to a normal life.

VOA: special.2011.06.30

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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Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak says Iran is moving quickly toward the "point of no return."

VOA: standard.2009.12.28