For the current mixed-type attacks on an endless stream of security threats, traditional network security based on a single device protection technology has become powerless.

对于当前混合型攻击层出不穷的安全威胁，传统的基于单一设备的网络安全防护技术己显得无能为力了。

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The Hezbollah leader has been increasingly vocal in the lead-up to the election, blasting the current government as powerless.

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However, Hong Kong Economic Journal, a respected business daily, says China's current political system is powerless in constraining rampant corruption and vested interests blocking reform.

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Given the current political climate and implicit anti-bailout mandate of the new Congress, the Federal government might be powerless to do anything but accept painful state defaults.

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