I've come to believe that these failures spring from a single failure: reliance on an overly simplistic view of human nature.

我终于认识到，所有这些失误均来自一个单一的失误，即依赖一种对人性过分简单的认识。

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Mr.Gunjal said the success or failure of the corn crop, as well as the rice crop, would depend mostly on rainfall this spring and summer, not the shortage of rain this winter.

Gunjal先生说，玉米作物以及水稻作物收成的成败与否主要取决于今年春季和夏季的降水，而不是今年冬天雨水不足。

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Also add to the balance spring problem: balance spring failure mechanical watch when normal walking to steal one of reasons for stopping.

游丝问题：游丝故障也是导致机械表在正常走时的时候出现偷停情况的原因之一。

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The following spring the National Union of Mineworkers called a nationwide strike, despite the failure of their firebrand president, Arthur Scargill, to ballot his members.

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