Recent book titles, strong on words such as crisis, threat, secrets and terror, seem to suggest that this is a dark and desperate place.

最近发表的一系列有关沙特阿拉伯的书中，标题都紧扣“危机、威胁、秘密、恐怖”这些词语，提示人们沙特阿拉伯是一个黑暗且令人感到绝望的地区。

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Despite this possibly helpful rule, some people have survived 8 to 10 days without water. Again, leave such shenanigans to the truly desperate.

尽管这些规则可能是有用的，有些人没有水甚至可以存活8至10天。此外，远离这些导致真正绝望的阴谋诡计。

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The same international community that felt obligated to spend hundreds of billions rescuing financial systems should also feel an obligation to rescue people in such desperate need.

觉得有义务投入数千亿美元拯救金融体系的国际社会，也应该意识到有义务拯救身处如此绝望穷困的人类。

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Can there be a stronger admission of failure than to launch such a desperate Hail Mary?

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