Milgram sent letters to a random selection of people in American cities, telling them that they were to pass the note to a certain stockbroker living in Boston if they knew him by name.

米尔格拉姆向随机选中的美国城市居民发送信件，告诉他们如果他们知道住在波士顿的某个股票经理人的话，就把信发给他。

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He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, 'It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.'

因为非利士人的首领商议，打发他们回去，说，恐怕大卫拿我们的首级，归降他的主人扫罗。

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Because neither of us knew which of us would be hurt more if Perot got back in, and we both wanted his support if he didn't, each campaign sent a high-level team to meet with him.

因为老布什和我的阵营都不清楚佩罗再次参选会对谁的负面影响比较大，也因为我们双方都想获得他的支持(如果他不再参选的话)，所以我们都派出了高级别的代表队伍与他会面。

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The immediate trigger for the decision was a deadline of 9 August in the case of one of the prisoners, Jamil el-Banna, who had been cleared for release from Guantanamo Bay and who might have been sent to Jordan if the UK government had accepted him.

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After he had already withdrawn from the school, the college sent him a letter informing him he would have to take a mental health exam if he were to return.

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Since his iPhone feat, geeks often sent him devices just to see if he could hack them.

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