The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism.

当警方行动起来去制止大范围的洗劫和蓄意破坏时，死亡事件发生了。

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The city said that it had acted to avoid a lawsuit from minorities.

该市声称他们这样做是为了避免少数族裔提出诉讼。

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Alongside these fiscal measures, we acted to ease the housing crisis.

除了这些财政措施，我们还采取行动减轻住房危机。

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Yet other countries, especially in Europe, have acted to save jobs in their own car industries.

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And fairly soon into the conversation I demonstrated some principle that you've probably learned in your physics class having to do with an object at rest remaining at rest unless acted upon by a force.

很快，在交谈中,我就展示了一些原理,可能你们在物理课上学过,要使静止的物体保持静止,必须有外力作用。

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So much more important than historical verifiability is the conviction of the ancient Israelites who received and venerated these traditions, and developed them, and embellished them, that God had once acted on their behalf, rescuing them from bondage, binding them to himself in an eternal covenant.

无比史料证明更重要的是,古代以色列人坚定的信仰,他们接受并且崇敬那些传统，将它们发扬，美化它们，认为上帝曾为了他们而行动，将他们从奴役中解救，在永恒的契约中将他们与上帝联系在一起。

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Since 2003, Congress has acted to prevent these pay cuts from going into effect.

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Two years ago, we acted to extend health coverage to up to 5 million children.

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Mr Rabuka (as he now is) says he acted to head off a threat of violence.

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