My research on how places affect our behavior has convinced me of the dwelling’s importance as what scientists call a “secure base.”

我的研究内容是关于住所如何影响行为，这项研究使我明白住所的重要性，如科学家所言，住所是“安全之本”。

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Experts in Pakistan believe the involvement of the local Taliban in the attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan could mean more pressure on Islamabad to intensify its crackdown on militants to secure the border areas.

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It suggested that banks should offer a wider range of services, establish a more secure income base, and tailor their services better to individual clients' needs.

ECONOMIST: Private banking in South Korea

''If the new government could achieve significant progress both in domestic and diplomatic fronts, the Liberal Democratic Party would secure a solid base for its rule and may smash the circle of frequently-changed governments.

BBC: Shinzo Abe (November 2012)

After five years in book publishing in London in the early 70s, Jim drove to Beirut after Christmas 1974, thinking along the way that Lebanon, being the sophisticated Switzerland of the Middle East, would provide a secure and stable base from which to cover the upheavals of a notoriously turbulent region.

BBC: Middle East Correspondent Jim Muir