“The World Is What It Is” (the severe opening words of “A Bend in the River”) is fully worthy of its subject, with all the dramatic pacing, the insight and the pathos of a first-rate novel.

这本《如此人 世间》（The World Is What It Is：取自奈保尔小说《河湾》严厉的开场白），完全是典型的奈保尔风格，紧张戏剧性的节奏，一流小说的深刻洞察和感伤悲悯。

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Throughforesighted and visionary planning, Singapore achieved first-rate health care, with outstanding health outcomes, at a cost lower than in any other high-incomecountry in the world.

新加坡通过其高瞻远瞩的规划，实现了一流的卫生保健，卫生成果斐然可观，而费用则低于世界上任何其它高收入国家。

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First, a collapse of that magnitude in the Japanese growth rate would create an enormous drag for the rest of the world.

首先，一，在日本经济增长速度将创造一个世界其他国家规模巨大的阻力崩溃。

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Brazil famously has a first-world rate of government spending but third-world public services.

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Add to that a low Australian dollar, excellent food and wine, friendly and easy-going people who do not sneer at tourists, because they travel themselves, first-world health and safety standards and a low crime rate, and the place sounds irresistible.

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Schmidt is a first-rate tactician but new to McCain's world, and he still shares power with Black and Davis.

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