I think that these countries are somewhat trying to manage this oil risk but they can't yet get onto the frontier.

我想这些国家或多或少,都试着控制石油风险,但他们根本无法达到有效边界。

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If Frederick Jackson Turner had anything right in "The Frontier Thesis", although he didn't pay hardly any attention to the South, this idea of a safety valve of a West to move to was surely there for slavery.

如果弗雷德里克·杰克逊·特纳,在《边境论》中有什么正确的言论,那就是,尽管他对南方几乎没有施以任何关注,即这个西进运动是一道安全阀的构想,显然是为奴隶制而设的

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