It seems to me that a compromise would be receiving the exam questions a day or two in advance, and then doing the actual test in class the ticking clock overhead.

在我看来，一个折衷的办法是提前一两天收到考题，然后在课堂上计时做实际的测试。

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The elements of a compromise on taxes are already in place: permanent extension of the middle-class tax cuts, plus a temporary extension of the upper-income tax cuts.

有关税收方面需要采取的妥协之策的关键性因素已经具备：永久性的对中产阶级采取减税措施，再加上采取暂时性的对高收入者的减税措施。

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Democrats have no incentive to compromise given their class-based campaign and neither do House Republicans, who will be emboldened by their results.

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The other three scenarios include: going over the fiscal cliff with no compromise, going over the cliff with some middle-class tax cuts, or an agreement with a high degree of partisan divide but some compromise.

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As the narrative of the fight for the middle class in the fiscal cliff debate was inextricably linked to this number, this begs the question of how the middle class will fare in light of the need to compromise.

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