I have sworn an oath that I would do so this season, purely because I like basketball and feel like I should be familiar with the NBA.

但是这个赛季俺发誓我要好好跟跟，这纯粹是因为俺喜欢篮球而且觉得得稍微熟悉一下nba。

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What they achieved in art and literature is familiar to everybody, but what they did in the purely intellectual realm is even more exceptional.

他们在文艺上的成就被每个人熟悉，但是他们纯智力领域中的作为更加的优秀。

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It may be purely coincidental, but this example of "whistling past the graveyard" seems all too familiar given the background of the man who has recently been entrusted by Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte with responsibility for running the newly created National Counter-Proliferation Center (NCPC): Ambassador Kenneth Brill.

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