A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.

少数官员准备篡改规则。

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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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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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Witnesses and activists from Houla, a string of villages northwest of Homs where most residents belong to Syria's Sunni Muslim majority, claimed that pro-government thugs from neighboring villages of Alawites the minority sect that essentially rules the country led the attacks there, shooting or killing women and children in their beds.

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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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