In mitigation, the defence lawyer said his client was seriously depressed at the time of the assault.

为了减轻罪行，辩护律师说他的当事人在袭击人的时候精神极度压抑。

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Nor to ignore the rows and rows of bunkers once used to shelter assault helicopters, their ageing concrete, for now, resistant to the effects of time and tropical weather.

无法忽视的还有那一排排曾经用来躲避直升机袭击的掩体，虽然已年代久远，但眼下仍能抵挡时间和炎热天气的侵袭。

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Because after all, I was as well-known at the time, when that assault was made, as Julian Assange is today.

毕竟那时，在预谋攻击的时候，我那时候就像现在的朱利安•阿桑格一样出名。

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Mr.Ahmadinejad's assault against opposition leaders comes at a time when he is being criticized by his own supporters for using poor judgment in trying to form a new government, and while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has softened criticism of the opposition.

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The attacker was wearing a robe at the time of the assault, a police spokesman said.

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She said Hathaway was downstairs alone at the time of the assault while his wife was upstairs sleeping.

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