As we mark this International Day, let us recognize the wide-ranging and long-term consequences of damaging the environment -both in peace and times of war.

在我们纪念这一国际日之际，让我们认识到，无论是在和平时期还是在战争时期，破坏环境都会造成广泛而长期的后果。

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In 1942 the Fed agreed to hold down long-term interest rates to help the Treasury finance the war; it did not extract itself from the commitment until 1951.

1942年美联储同意压低长期利率来帮助美国财政部为战争筹资；直到1951年美联储才取消该项承诺。

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In economic matters, he was too prone to sacrifice the long-term good for short-term gain. He seemed curiously incurious about vital details, such as the conduct of the war in Iraq.

在经济方面他过于倾向于牺牲长期利益获得短期回报，让人好奇的是他似乎对于一些事关重要的细节并不好奇，比如指挥伊拉克战争。

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Yet that short war led to long-term changes for America.

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As Congress waits to hear the outcome of the president's review, there is mounting concern about the ramifications of whatever decisions he makes, both short and long-term impact, for the United States, the South Asian region, and for the war against al-Qaida.

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Apple launched the first offensive in the smartphone and tablet wars, but in a long-term war of attrition it is doomed to lose for the same reasons that it lost the original PC war.

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This doctrine calls for a long-term "asymmetric war" in which Chavez loyalists and foreign individuals (such as from the Middle East ) would wage a "war of the people" on all fronts against the invading U.S. military forces.

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Under the current tax code, federal revenues would return to their long term historical average since World War II at 18% to 19% of GDP.

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