Women of that generation were often encouraged to direct their attention toward efforts to improve the community.

这一代妇女经常受到鼓舞，使她们把注意力集中在努力改善社区上。

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The move was "counter-productive to our efforts to resume direct negotiations between the parties", Clinton said.

克林顿称，这个行动“和我们让双方重开直接谈判的努力有反作用。”

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It is towards producing these effects, as we maintain, that present-day writers on rhetoric direct the whole of their efforts.

正如我们所说的，它所产生的效果是今天的修辞学研究者们指导了他们的全部工作。

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Experts said there was still no experimental evidence to prove that the drop in crime was a direct result of efforts to clean up city neighborhoods.

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Lew says these efforts "address a direct threat to the United States."

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He insisted that more quantitative easing could still make a difference to the economy - and so, hopefully would these new, direct efforts to boost lending.

BBC: Bank and Treasury's plan A-plus for UK

Direct efforts to improve the supply of credit to companies - including by making the banking sector more competitive - might well fall into this category.

BBC: UK growth - anything to be done?

But they do implicitly share the IMF's view, that the Bank of England and the Treasury could be doing more actively to promote growth - including through direct efforts to ease the supply of credit to firms.

BBC: Is the Bank of England doing enough?