Afterward, Union General-in-Chief Henry Halleck wrote, “There is an immobility here that exceeds all that any man can conceive of. It requires the lever of Archimedes to move this inert mass.”

后来，联邦军总将军亨利·哈列克（Henry Halleck）写道：“……有一种超越任何人想象的惰性，只有阿基米德的杠杆才能撬动这个巨大的静止。”

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For example, the Soviet Union utilized a draconian embargo of oil and natural gas supplies earlier this year as the principal lever in its effort to bring the Lithuanian independence movement to heel.

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He may be able to persuade the union that what is good for GM is good for its members too, but that is just about his only lever.

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