The same driver late for work could say, "my boss did not believe a hold up held me up. But the police confirmed what I said so my story held up."

同样开车上班迟到的员工可能说，“我的老板不相信我被一次抢劫给耽搁了，但警方证实了我的说法，所以我的说法经得起考验。”

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Mexican police gladly cooperate with the American police, and I didn't want my freedom - or my unwillingness to give up the story I'd worked so long and hard to write - to cost Andy his.

墨西哥警察将会很乐意和美国警方合作，而我不希望到头来得牺牲安迪来换取自己的自由—— 另一方面，我也不想放弃这么辛苦写好的故事。

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Mr. PAUL BROWN (Deputy Commissioner, Public Information, New York City Police Department): I can relate to the story in many accounts.

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The cops take on their task with gusto and torture the boy. (There are the equivalents, every day, of Abu Ghraib in democratic India's police stations.) But the story ends happily enough, and I will say no more, lest it spoil your enjoyment of the film.

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