He said any one-sided step will unravel the framework of agreements that exist and cause unilateral steps from the Israeli side.

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So even within this framework of, given a description of a computation as a set of steps, in the idea that I could build a circuit to do it, let me suggest for you what would be a wonderful circuit to build.

所以即使需要在将计算描述，当成一系列步骤中的一步,这个框架之内,我也完全可以建立一个线路,来完成那个想法，让我为你们假设能建造起,一个多么棒的线路吧。

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Some suggest using the ultimate goal of total elimination just as a framework for a whole series of steps that could in time ensure greater security, with much reduced nuclear numbers.

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On June 6th the European Commission took the first steps towards this with a proposed framework for dealing with failing banks that includes plans for sharing some of the costs of recapitalising cross-border banks.

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