Few expected Mr Arain to make much of a difference to Lord Sainsbury's chances, but his candidature reminded others that the result didn't have to be a foregone conclusion.

少有人期望阿伦对塞恩斯伯里勋爵的机会造成很很大的影响，但是他的候选人资格提醒了其他人，未来选举的结果还未成定局。

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Europe last year pushed forward the candidature of Christine Lagarde at the IMF, on the grounds that a European was needed to manage the risk of a eurozone debt meltdown.

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The meeting will also allow for a presentation of best practices in the promotion of shared heritage (multinational candidature files, common research projects, etc) and discuss future joint activities in the area of training and capacity-building, to be developed in conjunction with the new Category II Regional Center on intangible cultural heritage, officially inaugurated in Sofia, Bulgaria, in February 2012.

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UN's secretary-general in 1981, but the Soviet Union vetoed his candidature, claiming he was too pro-western, and vetoed him again in 1991.

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