However, those measures appear to have had little deterrent effect on investors.

不过，这些措施似乎对投资者没有起到太大的遏制作用。

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The prevailing belief is that deterrent measures will lead to security for Israelis.

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The Obama administration must chose: Will it commit to measures to ensure the future viability of America's deterrent, or risk defeat of its arms control agenda at the hands of forty-one Senators who understand that nothing less is acceptable?

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