They have taken effective measures so as to prevent the city from descending into chaos and bloodshed.

他们采取了有效措施，阻止了整个城市陷入混乱和流血。

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To prevent chaos and gradually get people to respect the law, it is necessary first to establish a sense of order and authority, they continue.

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Indeed, he reckons his latest challenge is to prevent the chaos of the Caucasus and Chechnya spreading south and east and into the Muslim lands of former Soviet Central Asia.

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Cherry-picking desirable law introduces the very kind of legal chaos our Constitution was designed to prevent.

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