If history is a guide, the polar regions may prove to be the catalyst for the next Cold War and a sequel to the original Hunt for the Red October.

如果“以史为鉴”的话，那么北极或许将成为下一场冷战的催化剂，或者《猎杀红色十月号》的续集。

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Biden will soon have a personal connection to the war in Iraq. His eldest son, Beau, a captain in the Delaware National Guard, is scheduled to leave for a tour of duty in Iraq in October.

拜登本人很快就将与美国的对伊战争联系在一起，因为他的长子是德拉瓦州国民警卫队的一名上尉，将于今年10月被派往伊拉克。

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Once again, civil war was close: in October 1993 the stand-off between Yeltsin and his parliament turned into armed conflict.

内战双方的实力再次势均力敌：1993年10月叶利钦与国会之间的对峙演变成武装冲突。

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Days later,on October seventh, President George W.Bush announced the start of the war.

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But in 1973, Obaid suggests, the ulema pushed King Faisal to impose an oil embargo on the U.S. to punish it for supporting Israel in the October war of that year--helping to shove America into a 15-month recession.

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But in 1973, Obaid suggests, the ulema pushed King Faisal to impose an oil embargo on the U.S. to punish it for supporting Israel in the October war of that year--helping to shove the global economy into a recession that lasted more than a year.

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The great upthrust of the immigrant working class into the middle class after World War II, via the GI Bill, was stopped stone cold by the events of the autumn of 1973, when the October war in the Middle East led to the quadrupling of oil prices virtually overnight and the great inflation set in.

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