Paradise for Joyce was an open space where poor children could go and do Arts at state expense.

对乔伊斯来讲，天堂就是花国家的钱，让穷孩子们聚在开阔的室外空间，从事艺术活动。

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We demand the education of gifted children of poor parents, whatever their class or occupation, at the expense of the State.

我们要求，有天赋的父母贫困的孩子，无论阶层与职业，国家支付其教育的费用。

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Thus the State "turns every contingency into a resource" for accumulating power in itself, always at the expense of social power;

因此国家“每次都会抓住紧急情况的契机”来为自身积蓄力量，而且每次都是以社会力量的损失为代价。

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But his outreach to the Muslim world, and especially his landmark speech in Cairo in June, are seen by many Israelis as an attempt to appease the Arabs at the expense of the Jewish state.

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In exchange for giving their people the best living standards oil billions can buy, the royal family gets to live it up at state expense, not to mention hold many top government positions.

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To hold otherwise would remove any limitations on federal power, at the expense of state sovereignty.

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All exalt state power at the expense of the individual rights of liberty, property, and ultimately life itself.

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