This little felt thing there is just to avoid too much friction from building up with the plastic or to keep it slightly separated from the case, but that's it. That's all there was to those things called floppy disks.

这种毡制品的目的是避免,由塑料组成所产生的摩擦力,或者保持稍微的距离，这就是我们要说的,软盘的全部内容。

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If there was any hope the tax debate could be separated from that seemingly distant presidential contest, it was extinguished when Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell declared that his party's main political goal was to deny Mr. Obama a second term and when the president seized upon that comment to portray the Republicans as more interested in politics than in governance.

WSJ: Talks on Tax Cuts Set Stage for 2012 Campaign

From there it was shipped to Zurich, where the precious metals would be separated and refined.

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