Too many daft policies rely on the collective reluctance of the voters to leave marshmallows uneaten on the table.

太多的愚蠢的政策依赖于选民集体不愿把棉花留在餐桌上。

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No one expected him to show his face that day so "there was a collective gasp," Gordon writes, "when he strode in" to take his place at the board table.

事先没人料到他会在那天出现，因此“人们都大吃一惊”Gordon写到，“当他踱步”走到董事会桌旁自己的位置时。

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David Boies, the owners' lead lawyer in the antitrust case, said the league was ready to return to the collective bargaining table as quickly as possible.

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For Addison Fischer, a board member and cofounder of Planet Heritage Foundation, the shared knowledge around the table and collective funding is critical to the success of the group.

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Dems will return when collective bargaining is off the table.

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