IT IS one of America's greatest laws, and one of the least understood.The Voting Rights Act of 1965 forced Southern states to let black Americans vote.

它是美国最伟大的法律之一，也是人们知之甚少的的法律之一——1965年通过的选举权法——强制美国南方诸州允许黑人进行投票。

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Studies show that otherwise rational people act irrationally when forced to stand in line or wait in crowds, even becoming violent.

研究表明，如果人被迫排队，或挤在人群中等待，本来深明事理的人也会失去理智，甚至暴跳如雷。

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If the bearish forecasts are correct, oil companies will be forced to act.

如果这派悲观看法是正确的，石油公司将被迫采取行动。

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Public pressure forced the army to act.

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This was an act of compulsion, and the poet had to be forced to press this lyric out of himself.

这是一个强迫性的行为,诗人被迫绞尽脑汁写出这首诗来。

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Saakashvili said he was forced to act after Russian armored vehicles crossed into Georgian territory.

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The Bank of Japan would rather understand that it would be forced to act unilaterally.

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Because as the crisis has progressed countries have been forced to act and behave along national lines.

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