Some are exhilarating; some are humbling." Many of the new Republican members of the House are young Tea Party activists.

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Typically, that is granted and they can then do it, but they are of course humbling themselves by making the request and coming down under the orders of the winners and taking their dead away and being buried.

一般来说胜方都是会同意的,当然战败方肯定要低三下四,卑躬屈膝,然后按照胜方的指示,拿回死者的尸体然后埋葬

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Last week Japan got another jolt with the humbling of a second top finance official.

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In areas like Internet search, social networking and smartphone software, Microsoft holds the humbling position of an also-ran.

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The humbling experience was the subject of a Forbes story in October.

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