If the bar exam is truly a stern enough test for a would-be lawyer, those who can sit it earlier should be allowed to do so.

如果律师资格考试对一个想成为律师的人来说是一场足够严格的考试，那么应该允许那些能提前参加考试的人提前参加。

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The father, in his tall Pilgrim hat, was like his own father - stern, someone to be respected.

那个父亲，带着他那高高的朝圣者帽子，像他自己的父亲那样——严肃，让人尊重。

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The Stern book may be careful to avoid academic gobbledygook and complex equations, but it cannot be described as a light read.

这本书可能小心的刻意避免学院派的官样文章和复杂的方程序，但也不能将它说成消遣读物。

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And I tend to be more stern than I need to be with patients who try to bully others, almost certainly another legacy of my own early experience.

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As such, credit must be given to Mr. Stern for recognizing the dire straits his league faced from the very onset of his tenure as commissioner.

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On two par-3s he allows himself to be goaded into closest-to-the-hole bets with Stern the marketer (Davis cleans him out).

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