The suspicion is that Mr Obama, desperate both to build some broken fences with big business and to make progress on connecting every American home to the internet, will give in.

奥巴马既渴望和一些大企业修好，又急于要推动美国家家户户连上因特网的进程，所以有人怀疑他会在这次收购上让步。

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Other convenience stores that survived the waves also had their front doors broken by people desperate for food and water.

其它在海啸中幸免于难的便利店，其前门也被极度需要食品和水的灾民砸开。

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Julian understood that he would have to hire cheap help, a broken-down old carpenter desperate for work, or some rehabilitating wino or mental case, and the thought elevated his spirits, as if such servitude would echo the history of the place.

NEWYORKER: Idols