But word leaked out that it was to take place in the town of Rhinebeck, about a two-hour drive from New York City.

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So, defeated political groups might well -or individuals who were the heads of those groups might decide they have to get out of town.

所以,政治上失利的一方,或者这方的领导人,会做出决定,离开城市

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There was a case of a very minor insurrection in an obscure Italian city in 1848 where the people of the town literally locked the ruler out of the town-- and Italy remains decentralized.

在1848年,有一场小规模叛乱,发生在一个意大利的小城里,人们把统治者锁在城门外面,如今意大利仍然是四分五裂的

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