To many, Vietnam proves the futility of Western powers using force in somebody else's country.

对许多人来说，越南证明了西方列强在其他国家动用武力是行不通的。

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City are starting to look a formidable force but Mancini's powers of man-management will be tested to the extreme in the five months to come.

曼城将要经历一个困难时期，在接下来的五个月中曼奇尼的管理能力将会受到严格的考验。

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And then the second driving force I can think of is still the traditional competitions and relations between nation states, or the rise and fall of great powers.

然后我想到的第二股驱动力仍然是各国之间的竞争与交往，或者说是大国的兴衰起伏。

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Increasingly councils are exercising their powers to force developers - or banks - to clean up derelict or unsafe sites and buildings.

BBC: County Down eyesore set for demolition

But if they have credible information of some risk to the public, officers can use powers of arrest and force - providing they use the minimum necessary in the circumstances.

BBC: Magazine

Security Council attempts to take action to end the conflict and force al-Assad to step down, stressing that outside powers shouldn't be picking Syria's leaders.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS