This evolved stealthily into a form of moral racism which held that white Europeans deserved liberal democracy but that people of different cultures had to wait for it.

这在悄然不觉中还演进成为一种形式的道德种族主义， 其观点是白种的欧洲人配得上自由民主但其他不同文化的民族则必须等待自由民主。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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The IRGC has evolved into something like a mafia organization, with extensive economic interests that lead both to corruption and potential vulnerability to sanctions imposed by the international community.

伊斯兰革命卫队已经越来越变得像一个黑社会组织，它的经济利 益非常广泛，在产生腐败的同时，也使它面对国际社会的制裁又可能会变得非常脆弱。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

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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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Unfortunately, the IMF is paralyzed by the need to confront some internal governance problems, the biggest of which is the lack of a sensible way to recalculate the voting shares of countries as their relative influence in the global economy evolves.

不幸的是，解决某些内部管理问题的需要令国际货币基金组织处于瘫痪。其中最大的问题就是各国在全球经济中相对影响力演变过程中缺乏切合实际的方法来重新计算它们的投票份额。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009