Not until the war France in 1697 did William III persuade Parliament to create a professional standing army, and Parliaments price for doing so was to keep the army under tight legislative control.

直到1697年的法国战争，威廉三世才说服国会建立一支专业的常备军，而国会这样做的代价是将军队置于严格的立法控制之下。

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But the balance of forces began to change dramatically after the 1967 Six-Day War, when Israel seized control of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza.

但是1967年六日战争后，力量平衡出现了戏剧性的变化，当时以色列夺取了东耶路撒冷、约旦河西岸和加沙地带的控制权。

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This Putin has clamped down aggressively on opposition and the media, grabbed state control of energy assets and used cold war-style rhetoric against the west.

这个时期的普京重拳打击反对派和媒体，牢牢掌握了国家对能源资产的控制权，并使用冷战风格的语言反击西方。

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President Truman tried to stop the increases through a special price control agency that had been created during the war.

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After World War Two, these poisonous chemicals were widely used to control insects.

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Hamas routed Mr.Abbas's Fatah forces in the Palestinian civil war in Gaza in 2007 and seized control of Gaza;

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And the Second Continental Congress was meeting in Philadelphia to take control of the war effort.

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Bulgaria has expressed regret that more than 11, 000 Jews were deported to Nazi concentration camps from areas under Bulgarian control during World War II.

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More importantly, Mr Obama is likely to share the view of experts who say an attack would not achieve its goals, and instead spiral out of control into a regional war.

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