Second, being perceived as a lawbreaker hurt America at a time when winning hearts and minds was a security issue, not just a project of soft power.

第二，这种行为是对法律的破坏也是安全问题，它伤害了美国人的好胜心。

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Diet soft drinks may lull you into a false sense of security.

喝无糖饮料会给人造成一种安全的错觉。

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“Hard on the outside, with a soft chewy center, ” is the way many veteran computer security researchers think of such strategies.

许多资深的计算机安全研究人员认为这种战略是“外硬内软”。

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Obama had already put in so much effort to show that he was tough on illegal immigration, just like all Democratic presidents or presidential candidates have to do because they're perceived by some voters as soft on border security in the same way that in the 1970s they were seen as soft on national security.

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But what about the basic point, Joe, that soft border is a national security issue.

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In July and August, the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center took the rare step of warning people around the world about the impending threat of the "Code Red" worm -- named after the soft drink favored by the security team that first analyzed it.

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