In fact, it's not a system at all: it is a ruinously expensive, tiring and highly political game in which almost everyone emerges a loser.

事实上，它根本算不上一个制度：它只是一个异常昂贵、使人疲惫而且勾心斗角的游戏。在这一制度下，几乎每个人都是输家。

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The political situation remains highly unstable.

政局仍然十分动荡。

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In the history of American journalism the Penny Press era was preceded by the Jacksonian era, one that is known for its highly partisan and political newspapers.

在美国新闻业的历史上，便士报纸时代出现在杰克逊时代之后。

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She said the United States would be highly skeptical of an election process that did not include representatives of all elements of the political opposition.

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This political life came to be shared by a relatively large portion of the people and participation of political life was highly valued by the Greeks.

政治生活自诞生起,就被绝大多数的民众所分享,希腊人高度重视,政治生活的参与度

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So this was a highly charged political environment. Far more volatile than for example the kind of partisan quarrels we see today in our republic I hope.

所以那是十分紧张的政治环境,比我们当今所见的,共和政党争论,更加反复无常，希望如此。

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But although open campaigning is forbidden, a papal election is still a highly political process.

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And judgments on other highly political cases, on positive discrimination and on immigration, are expected before the election.

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His "last gesture, which was highly political, was to try to wake up the people of France, " she wrote.

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