In short, though Mr Perry may have looked a touch less poised than Mr Romney, the debate did not render a decisive verdict. It did, however, relegate the remaining participants to the second rank.

简而言之，尽管佩里乍一看起来并没有罗姆尼那样泰然自若，但是辩论会并不能为这场竞争提供最终的答案。

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Second, the 1.5m Muslims in England and Wales are not numerous enough to shape the overall result, though their votes may prove decisive in a small number of constituencies such as Leicester South, which the Liberal Democrats took in a by-election last year.

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The first skirmishes in America's war of independence were at Concord and Lexington in 1775 and the decisive battle was fought at Yorktown in 1781, six years later (though the articles of peace were not signed until 1783).

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