Few at the time would have predicted that she was about to become the defining figure of post-war British politics by breaking with the vision that had ruled for the previous 30 years.

当时很少有人能预见到她会与之前统治英国长达30年的政策导向彻底决裂，并逐渐蜕变为战后英国政坛的决定性符号。

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A British site entitled data.gov.uk was launched last month; the plan is to post a growing supply of facts that citizens or private institutions can sift through and play with as they choose.

上个月推出了名为“data . gov . uk”的英国网站，计划公布越来越多的事实，公民和私人机构可以随意细查、摆弄这些信息。

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THE Royal Mail is not what it was, so perhaps that joint letter from British billionaires, volunteering to pay more tax, is stuck in the post.

皇家邮政公司今非昔比，英国亿万富翁们那封自愿多纳税款的联名信也许在邮寄的过程中被耽搁了。

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Some political analysts in Thailand say he may have hurt his popularity by taking the post in Cambodia, and by making controversial comments on the revered Thai monarchy in an interview with a British newspaper.

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Clinton said Iran's arrest of several Iranian staff members of the British embassy in Tehran for alleged links to post-election unrest was deplorable and that the United States continues to support Britain in seeking the release of those still held.

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"He is a talent, " said Evangulov, who led the Russian team to three silver and two bronze medals at the Beijing Olympics before taking the British post in December last year.

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This is a massive watershed moment, both for the royals and the British press post phone hacking scandal.

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Britain's Europe minister, Chris Bryant, compares it to the petitions that can now be posted on the Downing Street website (these include petitions about British military post offices and child-care vouchers).

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