Although no evidence has emerged to date that she conspired or even knew about her husband's crimes, her plight has evoked no apparent public sympathy.

尽管没有证据表明迄今为止，她和丈夫合谋，或知道她丈夫的诈骗行为，但她的艰难处境却未引起公众的同情。

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With the energetic Mr Venizelos also serving as his deputy prime minister, Mr Papandreou appears to have distanced himself from the day-to-day handling of Greece's plight, although he speaks frequently to Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and to Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president.

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The Republicans are in a corner - over a barrel - although perilously unaware of their plight.

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Another difficulty is the financial plight of neighbouring Russia, although Mr Nazarbaev barely mentioned this.

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