THE huge signs are up in town squares, city parks and myriad spots where men in overalls dig holes, lay pavements or spruce up public facilities.

大批的西班牙人在市中心广场、城市公园和形形色色的类似场所找到了自己的“用武之地”，在那些地方，人们都在挖坑、铺路，或是“妆扮”公共设施。

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Oxford students will lay down a marker that they will not tolerate the withdrawal of public funding for the arts and the humanities, and they will not tolerate an open market in university fees.

牛津大学城的学生将设置一块标志牌，以示他们不会容忍撤销对人文学科的公共资金支持，他们不会容忍大学以自由市场的方式收费。

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The ordeal of Xiang Weiyi, a two-year-old girl who lay for 21 hours in the twisted wreckage near the corpses of her parents, has transfixed China's public.

年仅两岁的小女孩项炜伊在扭曲的列车残骸中困了21个小时，身边不远处就是父母的遗体，她的苦难刺痛了中国公众的心。

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It's written for the lay public in an entertaining fashion, with a lot of vignettes and stories.

CNN: "The Secret Life of Germs" author Philip Tierno

Despite measures such as high visibility police patrols and setting up a homophobic attack hotline, police said it was decided the lay-bys should be closed in the interests of public safety to prevent further violence.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Coventry/Warwickshire | Lay-bys closed after hate attacks

Police said several members of the public rushed to help Mr Guidera as he lay in the road at Bailey Place at the junction with Newlands Park.

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