The needle is believed to have been obtained secretly.

据称，这枚针头是被人秘密获取的。

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But the same information might have been obtained by less controversial means.

但是这些信息同样可以通过少有争议的手段获得。

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Great things were promised to Abraham, but not one of them could have been obtained by waiting in Chaldea.

神给亚伯拉罕许多的应许；可是这许多应许之中，没有一个能彀实现，当亚伯拉罕还等在迦勒底的时候。

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"The military commissions have been reformed by the Congress and the Obama administration in a way that prohibits absolutely the use of any evidence obtained through torture or cruelty."

VOA: special.2010.11.20

The best mortgage rates have been obtained on excellent properties: good cash flow and good tenants.

FORBES: Real Estate Forecast 2013-2014: Commercial Properties

More detailed climatic data have been obtained since 1998 at the Martial Este Glacier, including air temperature, humidity and solar radiation.

UNESCO: Dublin Core

Getting these is tricky, but the researchers hope that cryopreservation that is, deep-freezing at extremely low temperatures will preserve them indefinitely, once they have been obtained.

ECONOMIST: A banana bank is safeguarding the future of the crop