And then there are the years that come along once in a generation, the kind that mark a clean break from a troubled past and set a new course for our nation.

然后又有曾经在某个时代出现过的划时代的几年。这过渡的几年和麻烦的过去划清了界限，也同时为我们的国家开启了新的课题。

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Since his election as Pope seven years ago, Benedict has consistently tried to correct what he regards as a misinterpretation of Vatican II, insisting that it did not mark a revolutionary break from the past, as liberal Catholics would have it, but rather a renewal of the best traditions of the ancient Church.

BBC: Vatican II: Pope Benedict's unfinished business