'I'll make her my wife,' he declared to himself, 'or I'll never be able to concentrate on work again!'

“我要让她做我的妻子，”他心想，“否则我将再也无法集中精力工作！”

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When World War II broke out, he declared himself a pacifist, and even fled to America.

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After Mr Foss declared himself to be homosexual, he easily won election earlier this year as party boss in Oslo, the capital.

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The German weekly added that a rebel deputy on Tuesday declared himself independent while another said he refused to vote for an austerity package on Wednesday.

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