Bringing up a matter of the past, only in order to promote today's introspection.

旧事重提，只为促进今天的反省。

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In many ways, this momentous change is a matter of "back to the future" rather than the definitive end of the past.

在许多方面，这个重大变化是在以前基础上的跃进，而不是过去的全面终结。

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As courts and legislatures have relaxed the regulation of marriage during the past several decades, marriage has become less distinctive as a legal matter, less a basis for the allocation of rights.

过去几十年，法院和立法机构已经放松了结婚的法规，婚姻作为法律事件显得不那么特别，也不再是权力分配的基础。

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Happily, there is one man in America whose unique credentials allow him to address the matter objectively: James Schlesinger, a former head of the intelligence community and past Secretary of Defense.

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Admittedly, I am not entirely impartial in the matter, having worked on a weekly basis with Mary Lou for the past 21 years as one of the columnists for her Commentary pages at the Times.

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The types of disruptions that used to occur once in an era or generation in the past are now happening in a matter of years or months.

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