U.S.officials have largely refrained from publicly speaking about the operations, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates said earlier this year there are no plans to stop them.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

It's as if they might have maintained their beauty had they only refrained from it.

好像她们避免政治,就能永葆美丽似的。

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It's as if they might have maintained their beauty had they only refrained from it.

好像她们避免政治,就能永葆美丽似的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选