On the face of it, France seems to be going through one of those convulsions that this nation born of revolution periodically requires in order to break with the past and to move forward.

表面上，法国似乎为分离过去，使国家进步而正在经历那些使国家周期性重生而又不可避免的动荡与不安。

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Pregnant women with diabetes or high blood pressure are at risk of convulsions or organ damage, which in severe cases, can be fatal.

患有糖尿病或高血压的孕妇有痉挛或器官损伤的可能，严重时甚至可能致命。

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The performance of iron poisoning: dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, shock, severe cases can be addressed in a coma, convulsions and even death.

铁中毒表现为：头晕、恶心、呕吐、腹泻、腹痛，休克等，严重者可致昏迷、惊厥等，甚至死亡。

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Fatalism in the face of the earth's convulsions, however, may no longer be appropriate, for two reasons.

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Such health-care changes must be grounded in a social consensus built over time, and the public may become receptive considering the convulsions that ObamaCare will start to inflict later this year.

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