There is never an open road, except the wide road that leads to failure.

那里从来没有一条康庄大道，仅有通往失败的大路。

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The rest are scattered through a few other states that have on their road maps wide-open spaces between towns.

其余的从线路图上看散布在城镇之间有广阔的开阔地的其他几个州。

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And once people get into the habit of doing things off the books, the road to perdition is wide open.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

The answer is Manuel Bartlett, an old-style politico with wide rank-and-file support and open contempt for the road down which technocratic presidents like Mr Zedillo have led Mexico.

ECONOMIST: Mexico