A description or two that sharpens the personalities of your personas can help bring them to life.

一个或者两个对人物角色的人格特征的精确描述，就能将人物比较生动形象地刻画出来。

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That sharpens the pressure from Republicans to either allow the sequester to take effect or to find alternate spending cuts.

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That sharpens the election, but it does no harm to his campaign.

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Lopez rings the changes with levity and charm, and if each encounter leaves you wanting to know more, that only sharpens the melancholy of the film, the knowledge that satisfaction hangs just out of reach.

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