This cold war confrontation point even inspired an eponymous board game called Fulda Gap: The First Battle of the Next War, in which opponents plotted the invasion, and defense, of Western Europe.

这个冷战时代的前哨阵地甚至还有了同名的游戏：在下一场战争的第一次战斗中，敌人阴谋进攻，守卫方则是西欧国家。

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After the war, he became briefly chief economics editorial writer for the Times before he joined the National Coal Board, a large organisation where he spent most of the rest of his working life.

战争结束后，他成为《泰晤士报》临时经济社论主编，随后加入大型企业英国煤炭局，并在那儿工作直到退休。

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The order was executed as promptly as it would have been on board a man-of-war.

他的命令立刻被执行了，犹如在一艘大战舰上一样。

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The BBC Trust was set up in 2007 to replace the board of governors, which had become caught up in a row over reporting of the Iraq war and was perceived as being too close to the corporation.

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Mr Woolsey, who backed the Iraq war, is on the advisory board of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, which argues for subsidies to make cars more fuel-efficient and for plant-based alternatives to petrol.

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She even has an Amelia Earhart-like snapshot of her aunt, a World War II pilot, posted on her bulletin board.

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