Armed groups use their power to tyrannize over civilians.

武装组织用它们的武力来欺压平民。

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The 1990s was a period of disinflation, when companies lost much of their power to raise prices.

20世纪90年代是一段通货紧缩期，当时各公司大大丧失了他们的提价能力。

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Foreigners must use their power not simply to punish the country but to nudge it toward greater tolerance.

外国人动用他们的力量，不应仅仅是为了惩罚这个国家而是要说服该国使之变得更宽容。

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But another law, the Wagner Labor Relations Act of Nineteen Thirty-Five, helped labor unions to increase their power.

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In other words, in his propaganda, Augustus basically said, "I'm not a king, I'm just another senator, and I'm giving the Senate and the people all their power back."

换句话说，在奥古斯都的宣传中，他声称“我不是国王，我只是普通元老院议员，我将权力交还元老院及人民手中“

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And this is very important, because the Romans, as their power grew in the East, they simply moved increasingly into the eastern Mediterranean and they adopted the whole Greek system, the Greek world, and they didn't even try to make it non-Greek.

这点非常重要，因为随着罗马人的势力在东方日渐壮大，他们不断朝地中海东部推进,并采取了全套希腊系统，希腊世界，甚至没有作出任何非希腊式的改变。

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For so long, leaders were able to draw their power from a mythological or holy source.

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It puts them at the flattening place in their power law curve of growth.

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They look at a policy and wonder whether it increases their power and generates campaign contributions.

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