A middle ground is needed: a mechanism by which regulators can inflict losses on financial firms' shareholders and creditors without sparking a wider panic.

另外还需要一个中间立场：监管机构可以通过一种机构让金融企业的股东和债权人承担损失，而又不致于引起更大恐慌。

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Some years back, a brave young boy in a small town was challenged by his friends to fix a nail in a tree situated in the middle of a burial ground at midnight.

从前，一个小镇上有个年轻而执拗的男孩，为了挑战他的固执，他的朋友和他打赌说他不敢在半夜时分将一个钉子钉在墓地中央的一棵树上。

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It is in the middle of the trees, raised from the ground and protected by branches and leaves.

它位于树木中间，拔地而起，受到树枝和树叶的保护。

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The head of the Beirut-based Carnegie Center for Peace in the Middle East,Paul Salem, says Arab states like Libya and Egypt are trying to demonstrate they are independent of the West by striking a middle-ground with respect to President Bashir.

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Like Lee, Park is a member of South Korea's main conservative party, but she has promised to find a middle ground by re-engaging Pyongyang through aid shipments, reconciliation talks and the resumption of some large-scale economic initiatives as progress occurs on the nuclear issue.

NPR: NKorea Criticizes SKorea Prez's 'Swish Of Skirt'

Mr Roh, however, may disappoint by seeking a more pragmatic middle ground.

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The decision by the Food and Drug Administration is an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the drug.

NPR: FDA: Morning-After Pill OK For Ages 15 And Up