It seems so strange that sometimes fate can appear to be so real, and yet turn out to be a fantasy.

似乎是那么奇怪，有时候命运能够如此现实地出现，然而结果不过是个梦想。

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There then occurred one of those chance minor events that sometimes decide the fate of nations.

之后就发生了一件能够影响国家命运的小概率事件。

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Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter: Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.

有时我们的命运就像冬天里的一棵采树：当时，谁会去想这棵采树的枝叶会再次交绿，开花，但我们一直怀有希望，并坚定着信念。

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The same fate awaits most of the other common artefacts of the sort that are sometimes found on Internet-auction sites.

ECONOMIST: America's Jewish lobby