“I understand that they needed to be sure before they could say anything definitive, ” my friend’s wife later told me, “but they had strong suspicions. Why were we dancing around the issue?”

朋友妻子告诉我说：“她能够理解医生在发布权威性的诊断是需要一段时间来确认病情，但是医生有很多不确定，我们却只能在这里干等着，而不能做什么。”

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Even before the Supreme Court's decision, ten states had suspended executions while awaiting a definitive ruling on the issue.

甚至即使在最高法院的这一决定作出之前就已经有十个州暂时中止了注射式执行方式以等待关于这一问题的更为确定的裁决的出现。

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However, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had not reached a definitive position on the issue.

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With only three or four potential causes still not ruled out, it is possible the National Transportation Safety Board will never issue a definitive judgment on what went wrong.

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