The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces.

尺子裂了，碎成了片。

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The ruler is shorter.

这把尺比较短。

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The difference between the sum of money he collected and the sum of money he gave to the ruler was his profit.

他收到的钱和他给统治者的钱之间的差额就是他的收益。

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Then,fifty years later, a group of American businessmen ousted the ruler and established the Republic of Hawaii.

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But there's a theoretical framework, and it will catch up with the French monarchs, among others, later-- that the ruler must be a father, a benevolent figure.

不过,有一种理论框架,使法国的君主终自食恶果,这种理论认为统治者必是父亲一样善良的人

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There was a case of a very minor insurrection in an obscure Italian city in 1848 where the people of the town literally locked the ruler out of the town-- and Italy remains decentralized.

在1848年,有一场小规模叛乱,发生在一个意大利的小城里,人们把统治者锁在城门外面,如今意大利仍然是四分五裂的

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Ismail Khan, the ruler of Herat, has expressed concern over the fiery suicides in his fief.

ECONOMIST: Afghan women are setting themselves on fire

He was not only the ruler's younger brother, he was also president of the Olympic Council of Asia.

ECONOMIST: From the archive

Fear can be a habit for the ruler, as well as the ruled.

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