He refuses to return incivility from incivility, because then he would no longer be in command of his own conduct.

他不以怨报怨，那样，他将不再是自己行为的主宰。

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For the first time, Mr Bush showed himself to be in command of such issues (the focus groups said they thought he looked presidential).

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Abou Zeid - whose death is still to be confirmed by DNA evidence - is said to be second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which is fighting foreign forces in Mali.

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On top of this, in particular cases it would it would be hard to prove the chain of command leading to Colonel Karuna personally in an organisation as secretive as the Tigers.

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