While experts are busy trying to explain the Maoists’ unprecedented triumph, much hope rests on the newly elected members of the 601-seat Constituent Assembly.

当专家们忙着试图解释毛派主义者史无前例的胜利的时候，人民把希望寄托在了新近当选的有601个席位的议会成员上。

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Over the past six years, the value of the trade-weighted dollar has fallen by more than a quarter, as the US has continued to rack up historically unprecedented trade deficits.

过去六年以来，随着美国不断刷新史无前例的贸易赤字，贸易加权的美元价值已经下跌了超过四分之一。

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An administration that has consistently boasted of its willingness to bend (and sometimes break) the law to meet an unprecedented threat has become notorious not for its flexibility, but for its rigidity.

如果政府一贯宣称其愿意扭曲法律(有时违反法律)来应付前所未有的威胁，那么，它就会因为它的顽固而非灵活而臭名昭著。

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This time, manufacturing employment has actually fallen during the expansion, something unprecedented in American history.

这一次，制造业就业在扩张时期实际上下降了，这在美国历史上是前所未有的。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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These countries have experienced unprecedented levels of sustained economic growth that may well enable them to replace the “Affluents” as engines of the world economy.

这些国家经历着前所未有的持续经济增长，从而很可能使它们替代“富裕国家”成为世界经济的引擎。

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

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