The DA was certain she had the right man, but the evidence was thin.

这位地方检察官确信自己找对了人，但是证据却难以令人信服。

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“I’ve had friends at companies that have gone bankrupt because U.S. buyers have reneged on payments, ” said Ms. Da, who added that she did not know the identity of these American buyers.

“我有朋友在那些已经破产的公司，它们破产是因为美国主顾们反悔，不再付款”，达女士表示，她还补充说，她并不知道那些美国主顾的身份。

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She said she was working on a sequel which would explain da Vinci's "code", involving signs of the zodiac and his use of the 24 letters of the Latin alphabet to represent the 24 hours of the day.

她表示，她已经着手另一篇相关论文的写作，并将会对达·芬奇的“密码”做出解释。 这些“密码”包括黄道十二宫的标志以及达·芬奇所使用的代表一天二十四个小时的24个拉丁字母。

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She said many of today's leaders in Latin America, like President "Lula" da Silva of Brazil or President Evo Morales of Bolivia, could never have been elected in previous decades.

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As her reputation grew, Rousseff landed state-level positions as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of Energy before serving as chief of staff for President Lula da Silva, whom she succeeded.

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As the first female Chief of Staff under reformist President Lula da Silva, appointed in 2005, she was widely expected to be his successor to continue the Workers Party's economic policies set in motion during his term.

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Her career took off while she was in former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's PT Worker's Party, who appointed her as environment minister in 2003.

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