The former colonial possessions are now independent states.

以前的殖民地现在大都成为独立国家。

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However its former colonial possessions - Australia, New Zealand and the United States - were far more charitable.

但是它的前殖民地澳大利亚、新西兰和美国都要比其自身的综合排名高得多。

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Now she is helping her own 77-year-old widowed mom, Bilha Bryant, sort through and clear out possessions built up over decades in her 5-bedroom Spanish colonial in Washington, D.

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