If the government clamps down on the movement, that will only serve to strengthen it in the long run.

如果政府要压制该运动，从长远来说那只会加强其力量。

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Make all customers stand in one long, snaking line—called a serpentine line—and serve each person at the front with the next available register.

让所有的顾客排成蜿蜒的长队——又称为蛇形队伍，用下一个可用的收银台为前面的每个人服务。

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He will, he says, serve as long as his health and people allow, ie, for ever.

他说，在自己的健康容许和人民许可的情况下将一直为国家服务。

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Ending a 15-year ban, a new state law allows concealed weapons permit holders to carry guns into restaurants that serve alcohol, as long as they do not drink.

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Filipino iReporter Rummel Pinera says Benedict's decision to resign should prompt wider debate about how long pontiffs should serve.

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To make them slightly less interesting, for which I sometimes read contentious, at this stage I will, like my predecessors, reluctantly suspend my party allegiance for as long as I serve in this office.

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As such, will not achieve the stated aims or serve the long term interests of Japan.

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