The catastrophe of the second world war, and decades of living with limited sovereignty, taught the Germans the virtues of soft power and multilateralism.

第二次世界大战的灾难，加之国家在几十年间被限制主权，教会了德国人崇尚软权力与多元主义的价值。

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The Cold War was won by a mixture of hard and soft power. Not all of the sources of soft power were American -- witness the role of the BBC and the Beatles.

冷战的胜利是软硬实力共同作用的结果，而软实力并非全部来自美国——且看英国广播公司和披头士乐队的功劳。

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The role of the soft power of culture has become increasingly important since the end of the cold war.

随着冷战的结束，文化软权力在国际关系中的作用日益突显。

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The merest suspicion that they are going soft on the war, or are trying to use it for partisan advantage, would be grist for Mr DeLay's mill.

ECONOMIST: The Democrats

Hard or soft, commodities have fuelled desire, greed and war since the days of Pharaoh.

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In his first, he told weary Britons that even New York was a war casualty, driven to burning filthy soft coal and hoarding butter.

ECONOMIST: Alistair Cooke