The decision appears to be a face-saving compromise which will allow the governor to remain in office.

此决定看上去是为保全州长面子以继续任职而做的一个妥协。

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She will remain in office until September 3, when she plans to resume duties as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley.

罗默将留任至9月3日。 去职后，她计划在加州大学伯克利分校重执教鞭，担任经济学教授。

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In parliamentary systems like that of Belgium or the United Kingdom, the existing ministers remain in office when parliament is dissolved in anticipation of an election.

像英国和比利时这种内阁制的国家体系，当预期的选举被国会解散时，现任部长必须继续工作。

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The president would have become, in effect,a prime minister, requiring the support of Congress to remain in office.

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He would have to depend on the support of Congress to remain in office.

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Should a new deadlock arise over the office of the presidency, the current Communist President Voronin is expected to remain in office until another election is held sometime next year.

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Lame ducks remain in office, but no longer carry the same imprimatur of popular will.

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During his address to parliament Mr Berlusconi again vowed to remain in office until 2013.

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The Afghan supreme court ruled Sunday that President Hamid Karzai will remain in office until the election.

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