This truly is a Damascene conversion.

这确实是一次质的转变。

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English society did not undergo a Damascene conversion. Instead, it survived a period of intense confusion, debate, self-analysis and self-deception.

英国社会并没有经历大马士革式的转变，相反，它历经了极度混乱、争论、自我剖析和自我欺骗的时期而幸存下来。

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Could it be that Mr Castro had a Damascene conversion when he recently met the pope in Rome?

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This year marked the end of my Damascene conversion.

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Sitting in Santa Fe's remarkably informal Roundhouse, as the state capitol is nicknamed in homage to old Navajo hogans, she describes her conversion to Republicanism as a Damascene moment.

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