Before they took power, they felt oppressed by the white English speakers who controlled things.

在掌握政权之前，他们觉得受到那些控制一切的、讲英语的白人的压迫。

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The Patriotic Front took power after a three-month civil war.

爱国阵线经过3个月的内战后夺取了政权。

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The vice-president took power in the interim period before the election.

在大选之前的过渡阶段由副总统执政。

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After a revolution, the communist leader Fidel Castro took power in the country.

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So he took the financial plans of the conservative Government that was then in power, five years ahead, and he said these are my financial plans, I'm going to announce these today as my financial plans five years ahead.

所以他就用了当时执政的,保守党的财政计划,作为未来五年的财政计划公布给民众,他说这些计划就是他的执政计划,我现在就宣布,这是未来五年的财政计划

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Al-Shabab was part of the coalition Islamic Courts Union which took power in Somalia in 2006.

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It comes after prime minister Gordon Brown made GP hours one of his priorities when he took power.

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Jammeh took power in a military coup in 1994 and was elected president two years later.

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It endured a series of coups before a military dictator, Jerry Rawlings, took power in 1981.

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