Bill Purdy was fairly sceptical about union ever being achieved, but remained committed to the ecumenical cause until his death.

尽管珀迪十分怀疑是否达成过统一，但他依然致力于基督教信仰合一的事业，直至他生命的终点。

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He is anxious to ease the pain the bill will cause in the short term, though he says he believes that the costs of doing nothing will, in the long term, be much greater.

尽管他表示从长远出发什么也不做更具意义，但他仍急于减轻该议案在短期内造成的损害。

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A preload notice could be used to warn the user, based on a set of rules defined for the preload notice, that this will cause an extra charge on their bill.

而遵循一套既定规则的预装载通知能提醒用户这个请求将导致多余的开销。

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But he had warned that delays to the bill would cause delays to payouts.

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And it attracted me - the cause attracted me, this particular location and this bill and this cause because it made so much sense.

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Bush said he opposes the current bill because it would cause many families to drop private insurance and instead choose to cover their children under SCHIP.

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