After decades of rich nations screwing money out of poor nations, it's about time some went the other way.

富国从穷国敲诈钱财已数十年，该是有些国家反其道而行之的时候了。

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They would rather lose - because they're sort of screwing around than - they could put out their best game and they would do better, but they might lose anyone given its, sort of, randomness.

他们宁愿因为，自己有点胡来而输掉-，因此他们可以玩出他们最好的技术，而且他们可以做得更好，但是他们也可以因为一定的随机性输给任何人。

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Eventually, screwing up his courage, Walters shot out several balloons.

最终，Walters鼓起勇气，向几个气球开了枪。

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They would rather lose - because they're sort of screwing around than- they could put out their best game and they would do better, but they might lose anyone given its, sort of, randomness.

他们宁愿因为,自己有点胡来而输掉-,因此他们可以玩出他们最好的技术,而且他们可以做得更好，但是他们也可以因为一定的随机性输给任何人。

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The latter example especially about the duo screwing employees out of stock options seems a bit shaky, as many who left Infinity Ward after West and Zampella split went on to join up with their new company, Respawn.

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Would you have accused Korean War vets of engaging in a political hatchet job because they disagreed with a ruling that resulted in the government illegally (at least in my opinion) screwing them out of the benefits they were promised?

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While they were inside, the bond analysts had set out to write their fond, freewheeling memoirs about their high crimes and misdemeanors and all the cashish that's the way they talked they had made while screwing old people out of their retirement funds and kids out of their college savings.

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