But this time imagine that you have no idea what your social standing, income or talent level are going to be in the new state.

不过这一次假定你对自己的社会地位、收入和智识水准全然不知。

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Depressing reports about how quickly the world's tropical forests are being felled are commonplace. But depressing reports about the state of the trees that are still standing are much rarer.

有关全球热带森林遭到乱砍滥伐、令人痛心的报道极为常见，但是痛陈现存林木状况的报道却少之又少。

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Some 15 minutes later, state troopers spotted Wells standing outside his Geo Metro in a nearby parking lot, surrounded him, and tossed him to the pavement, cuffing his hands behind his back.

15分钟后，州警察在附近的一个停车场，他的Geo metro车旁发现了他，他们把他拖到人行道上，用手铐拷住了他。

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Standing alongside Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated a call for Russia to end its military presence in two breakaway Georgian regions.

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But he still has memories of those days. He recalls standing on his grandfather's shoulders in his native state of Hawaii, waiting for the Apollo 11 space capsule to be plucked from the Pacific Ocean and brought to shore.

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Its history (see "Udder Success") reflects the different nature of enterprises in nations with long-standing state dominance.

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But I know that Senator Flake, for example, talked about the impact that that had on his standing in the state of Arizona with voters in Arizona, including with gun owners in Arizona.

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"Before you consider other issues raised in the petition, we ask the attorney general and the Maharashtra state government's standing counsel about the discharge of obligations by state to protect the life, liberty and property of citizens and to discharge these obligations, " the three-member panel of judges said.

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