One critic's response to the philosopher's new work is not that the position it takes is heretical, as some have asserted, but instead nothing new to anyone who knows anything about the topic.

一位评论家对这位哲学家的新著作的回应，并不是说它所采取的立场是异端邪说，就像有些人断言的那样，而是对任何对这个话题有所了解的人来说，它都不是什么新鲜事。

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When is an employee most likely to be receptive to ideas about the job? Isn't it at the start of a new position?

一名员工在什么时候最容易接受一份工作，是在刚刚接触一个新职位的时候么？

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If so, at least this time, the international community is in a position to do something about it.

即便如此，这次国际社会就有立场对此采取些行动了。

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This is actually kind of a moderate position because it talks about government and the people sharing power here and taking responsibility for change.

这实际上是一种中立的立场,即作为分担责任的代价,政府与公民分掌权利

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It is a pity no one in a position to do anything about it, will do so, but this person with multiple sclerosis is most grateful for your sterling efforts.

ECONOMIST: Egypt's challenge

Those who committ fraud or are willing to look the other way, even when they are in a position to do something about it simply do not.

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With the loss of these three icebergs, the front of the Ronne Ice Shelf returns to about the same position it occupied in the 1950s.

BBC: Three giant bergs calved in Antarctic