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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No, the real complications stemmed from the social aspects of the assault. People were, for the first time, doubting the security of their mail and, by extension, their data.

其实不然，因为真正的袭击是来自社交方面的，人们第一次开始担心他们的邮件安全，接下来，是他们的数据。

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But Google's assault comes at a time when the once-omnipotent software giant looks vulnerable.

但是谷歌发起进攻是在这个曾经无所不能的软件巨头显得很弱势的时候。

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

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