As in so many areas, the legacy of the past afflicts the present.

过往的余毒仍在许多领域让今人头痛不已。

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The economic legacy of the past few years means that in the 2010s much of the world faces a dour “debtcade”.

过去几年的经济遗留预示着在2010之后，绝大部分的世界将面临一个冷酷无情的“债务十年”（ “debtcade”）。

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Here, escape is not a preoccupation with the past, but a determined focus on the present and the future that is blind to the legacy of the past which brands us and with which we must live.

在这个领域里，逃避并不是专注于过去，而是要坚决地专注于我们都视而不见的、玷污了我们的名声的过去历史遗留下来的遗产的现在和未来，并且我们必须要赖以生活下去。

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Ms Irwin said that without an agreed policy framework for community relations, Northern Ireland remained "vulnerable to the legacy of the past".

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Lord Eames said it was time for a "final step out of the conflict by dealing with the legacy of the past".

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Part of this stems from one legacy of the past: a surprising shortage of academic and other non-governmental links between the two countries.

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