After an unremarkable term in the Illinois legislature, Lincoln settled back the routine of a simple rural lawyer, pleading cases in seven county towns.

在担任了一任无所作为的伊利诺斯州议员之后，林肯根据惯例成为一名普通的乡村律师，为七个乡镇的案件做辩护。

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His opponent was a lawyer and member of the Republican Party. His name was Abraham Lincoln.

他的对手是共和党的一位律师，他的名字叫亚伯拉罕·林肯。

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But the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln, stopped.

但第四位律师停下来了，他名叫亚伯拉罕·林肯。

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It may be a harbinger that the Matthew McConaughey flick, The Lincoln Lawyer, has just opened in Beijing.

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As Mike Flemming pointed out yesterday on Deadline Hollywood, that could hurt movies like The Lincoln Lawyer and Limitless that are holding steady at the box office thanks to word of mouth.

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Of course, those are exactly the vehicles whose redolence Lincoln is trying to wipe from the minds of any American consumers who are old enough to associate the brand with the huge luxury battleships like the well-used model driven by McConaughey in Lincoln Lawyer.

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