Nowhere is the inability to resolve minor disputes — and the frightening potential for those skirmishes to escalate uncontrollably — more apparent than across the region's countless tiny islands.

没有哪个地方的未能解决的小争端——可怕的是，这些小冲突有可能失控，逐步扩大——比这个地区的无数小岛更明显的了。

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It was apparent that the brand still had vast commercial potential.

显然该品牌还有巨大的商业潜力。

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The potential costs of Mr Obama's move are apparent.

奥巴马行动可能付出的代价显而易见。

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So why not preempt misuse and potential dissatisfaction with more thoughtful and apparent attention to informing them in the first place?

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So goes their apparent logic that even if their engineers had considered the potential for a magnetic attack they dismissed it because no magnets were available, at least to the private sector, to accomplish such a bypass.

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It's not immediately apparent why this bill should jump the queue ahead of the potential bankruptcy of Medicare and bills to keep the government running.

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