Rachel Chandler, 55, broke down during the call despite repeatedly reassuring her brother she was being well cared for.

尽管55岁的瑞秋?钱德勒不断地向她兄弟保证她被照顾得很好，她的话还是被打断了。

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Despite my attempts to get him to call me by my Christian name, he insisted on addressing me as "Mr. Kennedy."

尽管我试图让他直接叫我的名，可他还是坚持称呼我为“肯尼迪先生”。

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Why have such intelligence deficiencies persisted for so long, despite the clarion call for change after 9/11 and the unprecedented importance of intelligence in today’s threat environment?

尽管后911时代对于变革的呼声如此响亮，而且在如今的恐怖威胁环境下，情报系统地位已经如此重要，但为什么其中缺陷仍然持续了这么久的时间？

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Conroy appeared to have got that call right despite the resulting anger from the home support, but he was too lenient 11 minutes later when only producing a yellow card after Lafferty lunged dangerously, studs-first into Hinkel's shin.

BBC: Celtic 1-1 Rangers

An urgent call, as despite numerous announcements and pledges to behave more ethically, most banks and large corporations are back to paying bonuses as if nothing has happened in the last two years.

FORBES: Executive Bonuses And Corporate Responsibility

Despite its call for bank aid, Fitch Ratings still responded by downgrading two of Spain's biggest lenders to within a whisker of junk status.

CNN: First relief in Spain...then reflection