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This week François Hollande, the poll favourite, described public debt as “France’s enemy”.

本周，民调大热门朗索瓦•奥朗德（François Hollande）形容公共债务为“法国的敌人”。

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They captured the attention of the American press and its readership during what is sometimes referred to as the "public enemy era" between 1931 and 1935.

1931到1935年这一时期有时被称为是“公敌世纪”，当时这对拍档抓住了美国出版社和读者的眼球。

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Abbatangelo said he'll seek to postpone arraignment because Drayton will be out of town April 18 while he and other members of the rap group Public Enemy are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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But the idea of an "enemy of the public" can be traced all the way back to the year 68AD, when the Roman Senate declared Emperor Nero a "hostis publicus".

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This carried over into the 1980s with hip hop acts such as Public Enemy protesting against the endemic racism and poverty faced by the black community in America.

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