In fact, he seems more like a character in a show he had no control over, a boy turned into a man too soon and a man who tried to become a boy all over again.

事实上，他更像是一出他已无法控制的戏码里的主演，一个太快变成男人的男孩和一个过后又太想变回男孩的男人。

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There was a growing sense in the 70s that a range of environmental factors - be it pollution, pesticides, food additives, man-made cancers - meant that we were no longer in control of our bodies.

污染、农药、食品添加剂、人为致癌等一系列环境因素意味着我们失去了对自己身体的控制。这种意识人们在七十年代日益增多。

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Though hone may live a hundred years with no true insight and self-control, yet better, indeed, is a life of one day for a man who meditates in wisdom.

假如一个人活了一百岁而没有真实的智慧，又不能能自我规律，那倒不如只活了一天，具有智慧和定静的功夫。

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This week, for the first time since he became president, Mr Menem has the look of a man who is no longer in full control of his destiny.

ECONOMIST: Menem forswears a third term, for 1999 anyway | The

In an incident that left neighbors in a Glendale, California, neighborhood surprised but relieved that no one was hurt, a man lost control of his black Cadillac as he drove down his steep driveway Saturday evening.

CNN: Man headed to dinner drives car on to neighbor's roof

One man's loss of control inspired the other's, and we are no better for anything either of them did.

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