Times are changing and so is news writing. The better writer of today answers only the essential question in the first paragraph.

时代在变化，新闻写作也在变化；今天，好的记者在新闻第一段中回答最重要的问题。

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Rationality is the essential question which puzzles modern philosophy and human life.

合理性是困扰着当代哲学和人类生活的根本问题。

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The essence of collective knowledge has become an essential question in the blooming Social Epistemology.

集体性知识的本质已经成为日渐繁盛的社会认识论研究的一个基本问题。

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"There should be no question whatsoever as to whether the United States actively supports these essential goals of the Iranian people,".

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One essential question is whether the bank's role would go beyond monitoring to providing financial assistance.

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Inadvertently, they're helping business-school profs come to grips with the essential question of all successful enterprises.

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The essential question is not who should negotiate or where or about what, but the intentions of the relevant powers.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Of Lions, Lambs, and Ostriches