Though he assembled a cabinet of exceptional mediocrity last September, he expected to call a snap election while his approval ratings were still fairly high.

尽管在去年九月麻生重组内阁，主要有中庸派组成，但是他依然在自己民调尚可的时间突然要求提前举行大选。

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For a few moments he turned his back to me. He opened the top drawer in the high black and gilded writing cabinet.

他打开那个已经泛黑的金色柜子，背朝着我有几秒钟之久。

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Iraq's cabinet officially approved the BP-led offer on Wednesday. It rejected bids submitted for six other fields, saying the bidders' demands for per-barrel payouts were too high.

伊拉克内阁周三正式批准了BP所牵头财团提出的报价，否决了对其他6个油田的合约报价，称竞标者索要的报酬太高。

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Bush must pick not only candidates for high-level Cabinet posts, but undersecretaries, ambassadors and directors of bureaus and other government services -- not to mention appointees to a number of boards, commissions, and government advisory panels subject to the president's review.

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It was displayed in a high-security cabinet which was smashed with a drain cover on May 12 last year.

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Kerry came out early and hard for Obama in the Democratic primaries and expected, one imagined, the reward of a high-level cabinet post, probably secretary of state.

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