This strange animal of Australia has a mouth similar to the bill of the duck. Its bill is soft and it has no teeth in the mouth.

澳大利亚的这种奇怪的动物的嘴巴像鸭嘴，而且它的嘴巴是软的，嘴里也没有牙齿。

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The Shays-Meehan bill would ban soft money -- unregulated, unlimited funds to political parties -- and it would raise the limit on hard money contributions to individual candidates.

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The Shays-Meehan bill, like the McCain-Feingold legislation, would ban soft money -- unregulated, unlimited funds to political parties -- and would raise the limit on hard money contributions to individual candidates.

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What about the consultant who says or implies that the client can only soft dollar its bill with its affiliated broker-dealer and no other firm?

FORBES: Consultants With Affiliated Broker-Dealers: How Independent Is Their Advice? (April 1, 1996 )