It is almost impossible for the prime minister to stand above the factions. He always seems in hock to one or another.

该首相要超脱于各派几乎是不可能的。他好像总是欠某一派似的。

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Before he became prime minister in 2007, few raised a squeal of protest; since then, some have been grumbling almost constantly.

2007年，在他成为首相之前，很少有人发出尖锐的反对声；其后，一些人几乎不断的发牢骚。

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And the Web almost perversely discouraged the kind of systematized, coordinated, focused attention upon which brands are built - the prime, or at least most lucrative, function of media.

而且万维网近乎顽固地抵制品牌打造所需的那种系统化、协同化的专注——那最重要的，或者说至少最赚钱的，媒体的功能。

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During the Russian presidential campaign, Dmitri Medvedev, in his capacity then as deputy prime minister, was featured almost daily on state-controlled news programs but opponents were largely excluded.

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Investment banks must have a dizzying influence over the regulator to win special protection from short-selling, particularly as they act as prime brokers for almost all short-sellers.

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Speight - who held Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government hostage for almost two months - is now serving a life sentence for treason.

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Initially trained as a chemist, Margaret Thatcher retrained to be a lawyer, then followed her passion and entered political life at a time when the idea of becoming a female Prime Minister was almost inconceivable- even to herself.

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