And yet, particularly since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, that is precisely what has happened, owing to four key mistakes made by the Bush administration.

但特别是在2001年9月11日的恐怖袭击后，这一事实已经摆在面前，究其原因与布什政府所犯的四大错误有关。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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If a party is prevented from performing all or part of its obligations owing to force majeure, it shall be relieved of all or part of its obligations.

当事人因不可抗力事件不能履行合同的全部或者部分义务的，免除其全部或者部分责任。

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http://www.fdi.gov.cn/index.htm 01.04.2011

© Invest in China

http://www.fdi.gov.cn/index.htm 01.04.2011

The US has a particular need for effective international cooperation now, when it is stretched militarily, economically, and politically owing to its policies toward Iraq and Afghanistan.

现在当美国因为它对伊拉克和阿富汗的政策而在军事、经济和政治上战线拉得很长的时候，它尤其需要有效的国际合作。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Moreover, those women who do reach higher-ranking positions are susceptible to a visibility-vulnerability spiral, owing to their minority status.

而且，那些提升到更高职位的妇女由于居于少数地位，其知名度容易受到损害而螺旋状下降。

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whether any and, if so, what debts are owing to the judgment debtor, and

是否有欠判定债务人任何债项及如有的话，则债项为何，及

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 28.06.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 28.06.2011

Restoring alliances, partnerships, and multilateral institutions, many of which have fallen into disarray in recent years, owing to unilateral approaches.

一、重建联盟、夥伴关系以及多边机构。今年来，它们许多都由于单边主义而陷入混乱。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Consequences of failure to comply with requirements as to register owing to agent's default

因代理人失责而没有遵从有关登记册的规定的后果

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.10.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.10.2011

Economic relations between major players such as China and Japan are increasingly close – owing not only to booming trade, but also to direct investment and regional production networks.

中国和日本这些大国的经济联系变得越来越紧密——不仅仅是贸易额的持续增长，还有直接投资和地区产品网络的加强。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

Nowhere in the world do neighbors live together more peacefully, and people move more freely and with greater security, than in Europe, owing in part to a new European identity that is not bound to national citizenship.

世界上没有其他地方比欧洲的人们更为和平共处，可以更为自由安全地移动，部分原因是新的、不局限于国籍的欧洲身份。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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This owes much to the humiliations that Russia suffered when the end of communism forced its economy to its knees, and to Western short-sightedness about Russia’s fundamental strengths and resilience.

这主要是由于共产主义结束迫使其经济瘫痪而使俄国遭受屈辱，以及西方对于俄国的基本力量和韧性没有长远眼光。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Indeed, the massive equity and housing price increases of the past dozen or so years probably owe as much to greater macroeconomic stability as to any other factor.

实际上，过去一二十年资本和地产的大幅升值有赖于更大的宏观经济稳定，同样也有赖于其他因素。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Subject to this section, any money owed in respect of shares by a credit union to a past member thereof shall, after deduction of any money owed by him to the credit union, be paid to him.

除本条另有规定外，任何储蓄互助社就股份欠某名前社员的任何款项，须在扣除该名前社 员欠该储蓄互助社的任何款项后，付予该名前社员。

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 10/5/2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 10/5/2011