Campaigners for democracy admired Yeltsin’s struggle against the conservatives in the politburo – especially after he was forced out of the party’s inner circle in November 1987.

民主运动的倡导者敬慕叶利钦同政治局那些保守派的斗争，尤其是他在1987年十一月被挤出苏共的核心圈之后。

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For Latin American pragmatists, always fearful of Cuban fifth columnists, it offers a way to square the circle: encouraging change in Cuba without going too far.

而对于一直惧怕古巴第五纵队的拉美实用主义份子来讲，这种方法能够变不可能为可能：既鼓励在古巴进行改革，同时又不至于做得太过分。

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So, as Putinism atrophies, the great hope among his immediate circle is that they will be able to do what the communist elite did in the early 1990's - hijack whatever new system emerges and put it to work in the service of their own interests.

因此，在普京主义逐渐没落之时，普京的亲信都寄希望于能够效仿上世纪90年代早期共产党精英——操纵一切新体制，并以自身利益为前提付诸实施。

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It has become fashionable in certain smart circles to regard atheism as a sign of superior education, of a more highly evolved civilization, of enlightenment.

一段时间以来，聪明人的圈子里时兴把无神论视为一种高人一等的教育、一种向更高程度演进的文明以及启蒙的标志。

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