这次紧张的竞选几乎是上个月在佐治亚州和南达科他州选举的翻版，由一个共和党的挑战者竞争一个现任的民主党人。

The tight race is almost a duplicate of the elections in Georgia and South Dakota last month that pitted a Republican challenger against a Democratic incumbent.

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投资者们因经济增长缓慢而变得紧张。

Investors were spooked by slowing economies.

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借款者都在努力通过少花多存来缓解经济紧张状况。

Borrowers are striving to ease their financial position by spending less and saving more.

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The notion of a self-assured experimenter-- The results would be very different if the experimenter himself seemed nervous, unwilling to proceed, confused, but he was confident and he kept saying that he will take responsibility.

还有电击者的自信程度-,实验结果会大为不同，如果电击者,紧张，不愿进行电击，迷惑，但电击者很有信心，不停地说,他会承担责任。

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