The White House put a brave face on the announcement, which critics of the war seized on to point out that even George Bush's most loyal Allies were heading for the door, but it was not happy.

这一消息的宣布被批评者抓住从而指出连乔治·布什最忠诚的盟友都开始撤了，尽管不是很高兴。但是白宫却勇敢地面对这一消息的宣布。

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Although he reiterated the threat that Libya could face a prolonged period of civil war if the current unrest didn't come to an end, many would wonder if there was a slight change of tone this time.

他多次强调，如果目前的动荡局面不尽快结束，利比亚将面临长期内战的威胁，然而，许多人想知道这次的语调是否有轻微的改变。

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Competitors like Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Juniper Networks (JNPR) have been waging a price war in switches and low-end routers, trying to boost volume in the face of a weak global economy.

如惠普公司(Hewlett - Packard)和瞻博网络(Juniper Net works)这样的竞争对手一直在交换机和低端路由器市场上发动价格战，试图推动销量，以对抗全球经济衰退带来的影响。

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He continued to defend his actions, which he said were directed at "the face of a war criminal."

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Or Roosevelt, after World War Two, talking about our humility as a nation in the face of the sacrifice of our soldiers, or Lincoln, or Washington, These are people who understood that they were small parts of something much larger.

第二次世界大战之后，罗斯福总统，也讲过一个国家的谦逊,面对战士的牺牲，无论是林肯还是华盛顿，这些人都很请楚,他们都只是很渺小的一部分。

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One side of his face is hideously scarred - the result of a run-in with a Civil War veteran from the other side, the truly bad Quentin Turnbull.

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Two decades after the end of the Cold War, we face a cruel irony of history -- the risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations has gone down, but the risk of nuclear attack has gone up.

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While commodity products like ETFs have natural price competition working in their favor and large institutions have internal staff and consultants to negotiate on their behalf, individual investors face a host of challenges in the war on fees.

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Instead, a Maori warrior clutching a spear and with a face full of paint came running into the hall and began a ceremonial war dance.

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