由于层层先例的累积使原则和章程变得僵化呆板了。

Principles and rules have petrified with the accumulated weight of precedent.

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彭达贤说，麦当劳开创先例的做法引来了大量关注，媒体人纷纷打电话问我这件事。

'Being the first, McDonald's is getting a lot of notoriety. Everybody in the media is calling me and asking me about it,' Mr. Bhandari said.

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上个月他发表了一份声明，肯定校方的决定是“基于合理的教育原则，并有合法先例的。”

Last month he released a statement affirming that the school's decision was "based upon sound educational policy and legal precedent."

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I'll start you off with the wrong answer and this, by the way, can be found on this web site.

我先例举几个错误的答案,这些都可以在这个网站上找到。

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Finally, getting it right to keep inflation low, keep that boom-bust cycle from coming back like it did, and you don't have to go, even go back so far period.

最终可以维持低通胀，打破繁荣与萧条的周期循环，这个已有先例，远的不说。

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We know the early example in sort of Golden Age America, but where else did we see a competitive fringe enter when there was a collusive agreement to keep quantities down?

我们知道美国全盛时期有这样的先例,还有什么行业原来也有产量协议,但新公司进入后却导致协议瓦解呢

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