Drug policy director Gil Kerlikowske says recent findings have suggested a softening in the concerns of young people about the risks of drugs.

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So in 1642, you see Milton softening a bit, in part because he's interested in getting married himself and, in fact he's married within a month of the actual publication of this treatise.

所以在1642年，弥尔顿变柔和了点，部分原因是他开始关注结婚，事实上,他在这篇论文出版的一个月内结婚了。

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Religion had to bring a softening effect upon against the violent and bestial character of the early Romans. But for us today, Machiavelli writes, religion has to serve the opposite purpose.

宗教必须带来一种缓和效应，用以针对,早期罗马人的野蛮残忍的性格,但是对于今天的我们来说，马基雅维利写道，宗教不得不为相反的目的服务。

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