Addressing media in the White House Rose Garden, the president said Republicans who had for years supported policies that turned big surpluses into deficits had no place blocking aid for Americans desperately searching for work.

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Haze drove on, leaving the man who has helped him: "The blinding white cloud had turned into a bird with long, thin wings and was disappearing in the opposite direction."

海斯继续开车，离开了那位帮助他的男人：,那朵亮白的云转变成了一只有这长而瘦的羽翼的小鸟的形状,消失在另一个方向“

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It turned out there was no white van at all but in the first incident somebody saw a white van, this was reported in all the newspapers, then every other incident people started seeing the white van.

其实后来发现并没有白色小货车,但在第一起案件里有人看到白色小货车，所有报纸上都登了这条线索，结果在后来的案件中人们都看到白色小货车。

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