It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.

公众人物要赢得诽谤诉讼是有难度的。

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Despite all the confusion about cloud computing, the it laboratory at NIST lays out some figures that make a compelling environmental case for it.

尽管所有的有关云计算的混淆，NIST的IT实验室却摆出了一些数字，足以使其成为一个引人注目的环境案件。

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A: I have just briefed you on the case and the figures I mentioned are the latest ones I got before this press conference.

答：我刚才已经介绍了事件的情况，所提到的数字是我来发布会之前得到的最新数字。

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After all, other figures in the case also had less-than-perfect memories, but they escaped indictment--there were no political points to be scored in going after them.

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