By way of reply, Herge offered a defence of neutrality.

艾尔热在对此信的回复中为自己的中立进行了辩护。

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Liberty in the Age of Terror: a Defence of Civil Society and Enlightenment Values.

恐怖时代的自由：对公民社会与启蒙价值的保卫。

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This isn't meant as a defence of Mr Strauss-Kahn, who remains in New York pending further developments in the case.

这绝不是为卡恩抱不平，他目前仍呆在纽约等着案情的进展。

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Ms Pryce, of Clapham, south London, would be claiming a defence of marital coercion, he told the court.

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In countries like France, placing economic decision-making in the hands of politicians, rather than unelected bureaucrats, sounds like a defence of democracy.

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This appointment suggests that Mr Livingstone's defence of public ownership will not extend to a defence of the working practices of public-sector unions.

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