Even if Mr Saleh remains in exile, feuding among the country's elite makes a smooth transition of power unlikely.

即便是萨利赫仍然处在流亡状态，由于该国精英阶层的长期不和，权力的顺利交接也是不可能达成的。

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“I remember quite clearly one of my middle-school teachers telling me that I was a stone with sharp, jagged edges, but that I would turn into a smooth river stone as I grew older, ” Mr. Zhao said.

我记得很清楚一位中学老师说过，我是个棱角尖利的石头，不过随着年龄的增长，我会变成光滑的鹅卵石。

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Modelling people as a smooth-flowing fluid fails to capture such basic features, says Mr Wittasek.

将人群模拟成流畅的流体，就无法捕捉到这些根本的特色。

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But smooth lawyers like Mr Edwards have made a fortune by convincing juries that this is the case.

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This could have been such a smooth transition for Mr. Hastings and Netflix.

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And so, despite his reputation for smooth talk, Mr Clinton wasted opportunities in 1997 because his talk was inadequate.

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