Such, then, is the way things stand: on the left angry critics, on the right stupid supporters, and in the middle, as usual, the majority of earnest people trying to get on in life.

那么，事情就是这样的：左翼是愤怒的批评者，右翼是愚蠢的支持者，而中间一如既往地是大多数努力在生活中取得成功的勤恳人士。

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He makes accusations amid media fanfare and then quietly drops them when he cannot find evidence that would stand up in court.

他先提出指控，搞得媒体沸沸扬扬，然后当他无法找到有效的证据时又悄悄地撤回。

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You'll get more flattering results if you stand farther away from your subjects and zoom in, then if you stand very close and zoom out.

如果你站的远了，就拉近焦距镜头，如果站的近了，就推远，这样你照出来的相片才会受人欢迎。

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"You look for a banjo, then you look for a flat top guitar, got to have the stand-up bass, a fiddle works really well, and then you get the old mandolin in because a mandolin really has got some good sound to it too."

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I want to talk a little bit about an individual difference in our social natures and then I want people to do a test that will explore where you stand on a continuum.

今天我要讲的个体差异,是属于社会性的，我会让你们做一个测试,来弄清楚你们在这个测试中处于什么位置。

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If an American, because his skin is dark, cannot eat lunch in a restaurant open to the public-- , then who among us would be content to have the color of his skin changed and stand in his place?

如果一个美国人，因为他的皮肤是黑色，而不能在一家对公众开放的餐馆吃午餐…,诸如此类的话，那么我们当中有谁会愿意,换上他的肤色，接受他受到的待遇？

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Then they stand in a line so judges can compare everyone to each other.

WSJ: Turn and Pose to Enter a Contest of the Fittest

Then stand up in support of broad-based tax cuts and greater free trade. n Congressional Democrats: Make our day!

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First, customers have to swipe their driving licence to prove they are 21, then they stand in front of a surveillance camera which beams their image to a call center where a state worker checks it against the licence.

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