It is better to have a soft rule that is roughly right than a hard rule that makes no economic sense.

但一个基本正确的软性准则总比一个没有经济意义的硬性规定来的强。

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About twenty years ago, there was a common belief that military power meant little, that the soft power of Germany and Japan would rule the world.

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Since these arrangements are structurally similar to soft dollar arrangements, the confusion regarding the Rule 6-07 amendments is not surprising.

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To simplify matters greatly, soft dollaring is a legally prescribed exception to this rule.

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