After World War II, many Japanese abandoned the arranged marriage as part of their rush to adopt the more democratic ways of their American conquerors.

第二次世界大战后，许多日本人放弃了包办婚姻，这是他们急于采用美国征服者们更民主方式的一种举措。

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For his part, Mr Yushchenko sees it as his mission to transform a post-Soviet country into a democratic European one.

对尤希奇恩克先生来说，他认为将乌克兰从一个前苏联国家转型为一个欧洲国家是他不可推卸的任务。

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The newly ruling Democratic Party of Japan ran in part on a platform that advocated a more assertive policy toward the United States.

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Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Democratic Party of Japan won a historic election in August, in part by calling for a review of that 2006 agreement.

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White House officials also say Mr.Obama will go to Capitol Hill on Sunday to meet with Democratic lawmakers on efforts to advance health care reform, a key part of the president's economic plan.

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