They say the Earps and Doc Holliday did not fire in self-defense, but used the law as an excuse for murder.

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That is to say, it is not self-evident, or it is not always intuitively obvious what our interests are.

即正义不是不言而喻，或总是直觉明显地能确定,我们的利益何在。

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They are not self-regulating entities.

他们不是自我管理的主体。

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While those founding truths about liberty and equality may have been self-evident, they are not self-perpetuating.

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Harris Interactive conducted the survey online for CareerBuilder, polling 4, 216 full-time workers who were not self-employed.

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But if you have to buy your own insurance and you're not self-employed, you don't get any tax help.

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