If they approved the constitution without slavery, then Kansas would be closed to new slaves.

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If you have a quantity which is constant over any closed path, that quantity is a thermodynamics state function.

如果有一个物理量,对任何闭合回路积分是常数，这个物理量就是一个热力学态函数。

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So the open curly brace followed by the closed curly brace means everything inside of these curly braces should get executed, but only if that first condition is actually true.

所以左花括号后面跟着,右花括号，这意味着花括号里面所有的代码,都应该是要被执行的，但只有当第一个条件是正确的。

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If you closed on your home before getting hitched, even if your soon-to-be-spouse doesn't qualify for the credit you may be eligible to claim it.

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Some of that pricing pressure could be relieved if Detroit closed a few more factories.

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An unemployed former marine who uses the food bank said it would be "devastating" if it closed.

BBC: Grantham food bank 'needs ?20,000 a year to survive'