After the fall of the republic and the return of the Medici to princely rule there, Machiavelli was exiled from the city, from politics to a small estate that he owned on the out skirts of the city.

共和国垮台之后,梅迪西,重新恢复君主政权，马奇亚维利遭到城市放逐，范围包括其政治权力,和他在城郊所拥有的一小块不动产。

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Nabil Musawi, spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress, the longtime opposition group, said the arrest of Aziz and other top officials would allay fears among Iraqis of a return to rule by the Baathists.

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Nevertheless, the Bush Administration would do well to quietly prod Nigerian leaders to step down at the end of their second term to assuage the Nigerian public's fear that a strongman will return to rule over them -- and perhaps to hedge against that very occurrence.

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Instead he has managed to force the Commonwealth to accept his own programme and timetable for a return to civilian rule.

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