if the negotiations are not given a deadline then everyone fears that they will disappear down a WTO-style rabbit hole with endless rounds of negotiations that never seem to reach a conclusion.

如果没有设定一个讨论期限，那大家就会担心会陷入一个WTO式的无底洞，没完没了的讨论，还总得不出个结论。

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The 55-year-old, who has a 23-year-old son and 26-year-old daughter, found that society fears a 'blindly adoring mother' putting endless praise on her son.

伦巴蒂是一位55岁的母亲，她有一个23岁的儿子和一个26岁的女儿。她发现社会担心“盲目宠爱孩子的母亲”会无休止地赞美自己的儿子。

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To assuage the fears of those who worry that the new rules will be abused or foster endless uncertainty, the situations in which re-trials can be permitted have been tightly defined.

ECONOMIST: New rules on double jeopardy score a first conviction