Among the forces which sweep and play throughout the universe, untutored man is but a wisp in the wind.

在主宰和支配万物的宇宙各种势力面前，一个没有经验的人简直就像风中的弱草。

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But on a recent surveillance flight over the forest frontier in Brazil's state of para, there was hardly a wisp of smoke in the sky.

但在最近一次在巴西帕拉州雨林边界上空的侦察飞行中，空气中竟然连片缕烟丝都没有。

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Whether Mr. Dudley, a soft-spoken man with a wisp of a Southern accent, can repair BP’s ruptured relationships on the Gulf Coast and in Washington remains to be seen.

罗伯特.杜德雷先生讲话温和，并且略带些南方口音。 至于他能否修复BP公司同墨西哥海湾及美国华盛顿的濒临破裂的关系，让我们拭目以待。

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Yet, in the vain pursuit of a perfect intelligence organization, do not shake up intelligence in a way that does do harm - and in pursuit of this will-of-the-wisp, damage in particular those military capabilities that we alone possess.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: 'First, do no harm'

In the wonkocracy, your human being is little more than a wisp of poetry, something that might be nice to whisper about tipsily over a plate of sea urchin foam, but something no professional would try to make room for in their work on policy.

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