But when Lawrence looked at his ragtag band of Bedouin fighters he realized that a direct attack on Medina would never succeed.

不过Lawrence知道其麾下贝多因民兵的战斗力是多么地低下，因而对麦地那的直接进攻是必败无疑的。

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LAST month Ian Gillan, lead singer with Deep Purple, an elderly heavy-metal band, made an angry attack on the group's record label, Sony BMG.

上个月，重金属老牌乐队——深紫(Deep Purple)乐队的主唱Ian Gillan给了业内老大索尼bmg一记重拳。

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It was during this time that Gratagmalem choose to attack that inn, and he and his band flew down during the late afternoon, surrounding the place and quickly dispatching the few hired guards.

格雷·塔格·麦伦恰恰选在了这时攻击这个酒馆，他和他那一伙在午茶后呼啸而来，包围了整个地方，迅速地解决了几个雇来的守卫。

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When the girl apparently suffered a heart attack, the band stopped for 20 minutes and wanted to stop playing altogether.

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"People are trying to put a band-aid on a heart attack, but it's not the right remedy, " he says.

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But when Lawrence looked at his ragtag band of Bedouin fighters he realized that a direct attack on Medina would never succeed.

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