While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true.

虽然政客们可能会通过精心排练、写好讲稿来减少损害，但观众中总会潜在地认为那些话可能不是真的。

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And whether that belief is true or not, the damage is the same.

无论这种信仰是否正确，伤害却是一样的。

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Truth: While this isn't true, plucking out those gray strands is a bad habit. You can damage the roots, causing infection or leaving a scar.

事实：当然，这是不正确的，但是拔出白头发是一种不好的习惯，这样不仅会损伤发根，而且可能引起感染或者留下疤痕。

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However, both considerations mean that the true economic damage will be higher than the AMaxT rate, so we should leave some headroom in setting that rate.

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If true, this could damage the main opposition, the centre-left Democratic United Party (DUP).

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But trickery causes damage beyond simply obscuring the true fiscal position.

ECONOMIST: Government accounting