Last week it failed in its attempt to close the well with a “top kill” that filled it with mud.

上周，英国石油公司的‘灭顶计划’即，通过向井填泥土来堵漏的计划宣告失败。

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And what would motivate a young, successful and well-educated woman to kill herself and others?

是什么促使一个年轻的、成功的、受过良好教育的妇女去杀死自己和别人？

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"Some guys think, you know, 'OK, well, you're a girl, you can't kill a deer,'" Magan says, reflecting on her triumph.

“你知道了，许多家伙认为，好吧，你是个女孩，你是猎杀不到一只鹿的。”马江回顾着她的胜利说。

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If I strike you in a vulnerable place with a stick that has a bronze butt on it, it could well kill you.

如果我用一根有铜质尾部的棍子,刺你的软肋的话,很可能就是一击必杀

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To what degree is the structure and the integrity of the well -- how can that -- can that sustain either assisting with a kill operation as it relates to the relief well, or can you try a separate kill operation using this cap and this blowout preventer?

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This is what this data is supposed to monitor, but the well flow evidence would appear to have been ignored, because at this point the BP rig supervisors should have gone to a well kill operation and started to pump heavy mud back into the well bore to restore the primary control mechanism.

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Abdul Rashid Dostum -- who used the fortress as a headquarters but was not on the site when the revolt began -- toured the site Wednesday, saying the revolt had been a well-planned plot to kill him and other alliance leaders.

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