The Grammy's were nothing short of spectacular with memorable performances by some of today's top artists.

众多当今乐坛巨星使本届格莱美颁奖礼充满让人印象深刻的精彩表演。

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But these claims were treated with scepticism by locals, with some even claiming the incidents were nothing short of premeditated murder.

但当地村民并不同意这种说法，有些村民甚至断定两人的死就是有预谋的谋杀。

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The various social services personnel were nothing short of incredible - tending to people lying on the stretchers in tents, and feeding drips into their veins, despite being so clearly dog tired.

虽然看起来十分疲惫，医护人员还是细心照顾着帐篷里担架上的伤员，给他们进行输液治疗。

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In short, Machiavelli claims these were founders who created, in a way, ex nihilo, out of nothing.

简而言之,马奇亚维利主张这些人是创造者，换句话说即从无到有。

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In those first months, the numbers were nothing short of devastating.

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Bush's views were nothing short of sacrilege not only for the Arabs and the Europeans, but for Washington's foreign policy establishment, headquartered at the State Department and the CIA. For the men and women of these bureaucracies, Bush's recognition that the Arab regimes they championed were the primary source of regional instability and anti-Americanism was a repudiation of everything they worked for.

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