A study in the US has identified the prime factors that drive the fizzy plumes from Coke bottles: the roughness of the sweet and how fast it plummets to the bottle's base.

美国进行的研究指出了那些引发可乐瓶里嘶嘶作响的泡沫产生的主要成因：糖的粗燥程度和他们垂直落至瓶底的速度。

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The new government of Yukio Hatoyama, the prime minister, is keen to review a bilateral agreement reached in 2006 that would relocate the base within Okinawa.

日本新任首相鸠山由纪夫急于重新审订2006年达成的关于如何安置冲绳岛美军基地的协议。

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In a botched about-turn, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's prime minister, conceded that his plan to remove an American military base from the island of Okinawa was not feasible.

原订计划被彻底打乱之后，日本首相鸠山由纪夫宣告美军基地从冲绳岛撤离的计划失败。

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And it would open up a rival power base to that of the prime minister, something a Westminster system is not designed to cope with.

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An American base occupies a large chunk of prime real estate in the centre of Seoul, the South Korean capital, to the irritation of some locals.

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On Thursday, the President will give an address to the Australian Parliament, meet with parliamentary leaders, tour a primary school with Prime Minister Gillard, and visit a military base in Darwin -- where he'll speak to a combined audience of U.S. marines and Australian troops.

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