Washington—a city of “northern charm and southern efficiency”, as John F. Kennedy said—has little going for it except the authority of the United States, and that is slipping.

除却对于美国的权威地位，华盛顿——正如约翰.F.肯尼迪所说，一座拥有“北部风情和南方效率”的城市——在其他方面的作用正在慢慢消逝。

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The AD which will appear in all national newspapers across the United Kingdom is set to be the first in a string of charm offences designed to try and recover the image of the company.

这份将出现在英国所有全国性的报纸上的广告是用来弥补公司受损形象的第一步。

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The United States and the lack of charm is no bait hook.

美而缺乏魅力是无饵的鱼钩。

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An Associated Press investigative report documents how some Chinese manufacturers have been using cadmium in cheap charm bracelets and pendants being sold through the United States.

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The elderly former ambassador to the United Nations regards Manuel Zelaya as a man who fell for Hugo Chavez's charm and subsidised oil.

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Mr Cameron's six-year-old daughter Nancy was given a silver charm necklace, and his son Elwen, four, was a given a DC United football shirt.

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Prokhorov put on charm offensive when he bought the Nets, but the man has big ambitions and the United States isn't the only country where ambitious rich guys think they'd be awesome presidents.

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