Heathcliff, on second thoughts, resolved to avoid a struggle against the three underlings; he seized the poker, smashed the lock from the inner door, and made his escape as they tramped in.

希刺克厉夫一转念，决定避免和这三位仆人打斗一场。他抓了把火钳，敲开里门的锁，在他们踏着大步进来时，他已逃掉了。

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On second thoughts, that introductory paragraph needs a little clarification.

斟酌再三之后，本人有必要对上文段落作出小小澄清。

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The two principles of justice put forward by John Rawls, especially the two aspects of the second principle, afford us a basic train of thoughts to understand the responsibility based on justice.

罗尔斯的两个正义原则，特别是其中第二原则的两个方面，为我们理解这种基于正义的责任提供了一个基本的思路。

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But on second thoughts, the practice seemed worth a look.

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But the Supreme Court dashed that idea, summarily reversing the state court's decision without even bothering to hold any hearings about it. (The alternative, it has to be said, would have seemed deeply inconsistent.) The judgment was only a paragraph long, suggesting that Democratic hopes that the court will suddenly develop second thoughts on campaign finance are not grounded in the evidence.

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East's talk is a bit long on theory and short on practice as of today -- a Samsung Chromebook isn't going to make Gordon Moore have second thoughts -- but it's food for thought in an era where ARM is growing fast, and even Microsoft isn't convinced that speed rules everything.

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