Modern existence encourages this superficial activity and distraction, which is another form of self-defence.

现代存在鼓励这种肤浅的行为和干扰，是另外一种形式的自我防护。

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Such services meet needs of community in general and these do not take into account individual households (expenditures on defence, government, roads, scientific activity financed from the State budget and extra-budget funds, communal services and services of institutions serving agriculture).

UNESCO: Belarus: Report: Part I: Descriptive Section

Ancelotti had pinned much of his hopes on the pairing of Drogba and Torres, but they were kept at bay until a late flurry of first-half activity finally unsettled United's defence.

BBC: Chelsea 0-1 Man Utd