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That older system also was working badly. It was restricting purchasing power to a shrinking moiety of the population, and losing its progressive momentum very rapidly.

更古老的系统也不顶用，它将购买力限制在一组数量不断缩小的人群，快速失去前进的动力。

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The article analyses that the value of government affairs openness mainly lies in restricting power with right, public duties and scientific policy-making.

分析了政务公开的价值主要在于：以权利制约权力、公共责任以及科学决策的价值。

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Yes, Android might be "open" in the sense that the source code is available, but there's no doubt Google's wielded incredible power over the platform by restricting access to Market and its own apps -- power that hasn't been used to prevent carrier-mandated bloatware or poorly-done manufacturer skinning, but has instead apparently been used to block legitimate competitors like Skyhook from doing business.

ENGADGET: Skyhook: Google forced Motorola to drop our location service, delay the Droid X

That opinion does signal that, unlike Justice O'Connor, and, certainly, unlike some of the others on the current court, he will be interested, let's just say, in restricting Congress' power under the Commerce Clause in a way that could have serious implications for the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act.

NPR: Reviewing Alito's Dissents

There has been a bias towards centre-left organisations, with a particular emphasis on those promoting policies that are unpopular with the public, such as increasing foreign aid, restricting lifestyle freedoms and further centralising power within EU institutions.

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