America and Europe have been afraid of Russians alone for the past sixty years (meaning the USSR and, later, the Russian Federation) but those phobias were based on a risk of war.

美国和欧洲在过去60年里一直害怕俄国人(指前苏联和后来的俄罗斯联邦)，但那些恐惧主要是基于战争的危险。

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Perhaps future historians will be able to say that Mr Lee's emboldened stance brought about a swifter and more peaceful reunification-or instead that it merely increased the risk of war.

或许未来的历史学家有资格评说，李明博的过人表态更快，更为和平的实现了统一，或者相反，只增加了战争的风险。

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They were fighting in a special "war". not only the patients but also the doctors and nurses faced the risk of life.

不仅病人，医生和护士也都面临着生命危险。

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But he needed the continued loyalty of those border states, like Maryland and Kentucky, or risk losing the Civil War.

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