"It had all those elements, which are sort of older Country meets older soul or Motown put together and produced in a modern way, and lyrically was sassy and witty.

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Kant calls it "purposiveness"--that is to say, the way in which the thing is organized according to some sort of guiding pattern.

康德称之为，“合目的性“，也就是说，依据某种引导型结构,组织事物的方式。

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Well, that's pretty difficult. It, you know, I think it's easiest to do that in sort of an informal way.

分配起来确实挺困难的。你知道的，以一种非正式的方式反而更容易做到。

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And why, once the jobs appear, is there no way to sort or filter them?

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Isn't this something -- a way to sort of address this question of bonuses?

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Perhaps Congress will find a way to sort out this mess without adding trillions more to the budget deficit.

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