But as of the morning of November 20th, the Republican minority in the Senate looked poised to use the rules to block everything but the increase in unemployment payments.

但在11月20号上午，参议院共和党少数党除了对提高失业津贴表示支持，对其它方案则采取其一贯的态度利用规定进行阻拦。

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The way in which the man of genius rules is by persuading an efficient minority to coerce an indifferent and self - indulgent majority James Fitzjames Stephen.

这个天才的管理方式是说服高效率地少数人来强制那些冷漠的、自我放纵的多数人。(詹姆斯·菲次詹姆斯·斯蒂芬)。

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It is one thing to have some individuals around, even if they band together as a minority group, who cannot or will not abide by the institutional rules of cousinhood.

而接触未曾耳闻这种规则，甚至没有「表亲」这个字汇的社会整体，又是另外一回事。

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If the majority rules that there should be taxation, even if the minority should still not have to be taxed because that's taking away property, which is one of the rights of nature.

即使多数人规定应当征税，少数人仍并不一定非要交税,因为那等于夺走少数人的财产，而财产权是自然权利之一。

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Britain and America have widely diffused share ownership with strict rules to protect minority shareholders.

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The new rules will cap a minority bonus at 10 percent, meaning the company's bid would be lowered by 10 percent to determine which bidder gets the contract.

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However, if this sort of manoeuvre is finally ruled to be legal, the rules designed to protect minority shareholders will be made worthless since it will always be easy for majority owners to frustrate them by handing out lots of small blocks of shares to their friends.

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