Irving Kristol delivered the coup de grace in a letter dated June 12: they had decided to reject the proposal.

欧文•克里斯托尔在6月12日的一封信中发出了最后一击：他们已决定驳回该建议。

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Used skilfully, every way of attacking the parasite will help; but new weapons are still needed for the coup DE grace.

如运用得当，任何一种抗疟方法都是有效的，但仍需新型武器给以最后的致命一击。

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In the end, it will probably be Mr Aso's mediocre performance that the coup DE grace.

最后或许是麻生先生平庸无奇的表现构成了最后一击。

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And then he hears the coup de grace, it's the shots, one after another, and then he sees a priest staggering out, overwhelmed by it all, and then he moves onto something else.

接下来他就听见了那致命的声响,枪声,一声接着一声,之后他看见惊魂未定的牧师踉跄而出,然后他就调转笔锋写其它事情去了

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The internet gave the coup de grace to the system and displaced it, and though it's still accessed by millions each year, France Telecom will pull the plug once and for all this Saturday.

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The coup de grace came in the 1960s, when Brazil's government moved out of Rio and into the new capital, Brasilia, hundreds of miles inland.

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And it was Leicester who finished the match on top, flanker Herring applying the coup de grace after another onslaught on the visitors' line.

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