1: Something similar happened in Georgia on March 6th, when voters lifted the ban on sales of alcohol on Sundays in 24 of the 27 cities and counties that had put the issue on the ballot, alongside the state’s presidential primary. 2: Since Georgia first allowed local governments to hold referendums on Sunday sales last year, voters have approved the practice in 129 out of 154 instances, often by huge margins. 3: Last year in Texas, attempts to turn “dry” localities “wet” succeeded on 57 out of 64 occasions. 4: In West Virginia meanwhile, the state legislature has just passed a bill allowing liquor stores to hold tasting sessions. 5: It is the ninth state to approve such a measure since 2009. [...]116: “The world is getting wetter,” exults Frank Coleman of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS ), an industry group.

1:3月6日，类似的事情发生在乔治亚州，那时27个城市和郡县进行了投票，有24个城市和郡县撤销限制，允许星期天出售烈性酒，当时这可是州内的头等大事。2:自从去年乔治亚州首次允许当地政府就星期天出售烈性酒进行全民投票，在154项类似事件中，选民同意了129项，经常以压倒性的票数胜利。3:去年在德克萨斯州，64次是否允许当地街道出售烈性酒的投票中，有57次通过了。4:同时在弗吉尼亚州的西部，州立法机构刚刚通过一项法案，允许烈性酒商店举行品酒大会。5:这是自2009年以来第9个州批准此类法案。[...]116:行业集团美国蒸馏酒理事会弗兰克?科尔曼狂喜道：“将有更多的地方允许出售烈性酒”。

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1:Yet even the lobbyists are careful not to call too loudly for the lifting of all strictures.2:The American Gaming Association says it takes no position on whether more states should legalise gambling.[...]113:DISCUS claims not to mind whether states run their own liquor stores, as long as they are willing to “modernise” them by allowing tastings, long hours, a big choice and so on.

1:然而即使游说团也是小心谨慎，没有过分要求消除所有限制。2:美国博彩协会说，对是否有更多的州实现赌博合法化不发表任何立场。[...]113:美国蒸馏酒理事会声称不会介意各州是否经营烈性酒商店，只要他们愿意放宽限制，允许举行品酒大会，延长营业时间，开放更多的选择等等。

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1:Many states, especially in the South, remain a confusing patchwork of wet, dry and “moist” counties, the latter being those that allow sales of only certain forms of alcohol at certain types of establishment.[...]112:There are over 4,000 state and federal laws concerning alcohol, says Mr Coleman of DISCUS , and another 1,900 were proposed in 2008 alone.3:Rules about gambling are an equally perverse mix.4:Only 12 states have no casinos of any sort.5:But several more allow them only on boats or at racetracks.6:Another 12 limit gambling to Indian reservations.7:And four states still ban fireworks of all kinds.

1:许多州，尤其是在南方，依然政策未明，有允许售酒的郡县，禁止售酒的郡县和介于两者之间的郡县，后者就是那些郡县只允许某些形式的酒精饮料在某些会所进行销售。[...]112:美国蒸馏酒理事会的科尔曼先生说，关于酒精饮料就有4000多条的州和联邦法规，仅在2008年就提议了1900条。3:关于赌博的法规同样纷繁复杂，不合要求。4:只有12个州没有任何形式的赌场。5:但是还有几个州只允许赌场开在船上或者赛车跑道上。6:另有12个州禁止在印第安人保留地赌博。7:还有4个州仍然禁止任何形式的烟花燃放。

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Australia's Dani Samuels, the discus world champion, dropped out yesterday, citing security and health concerns.

出于安全和健康的考虑，澳大利亚铁饼世界冠军DaniSamuels昨天也退出了。

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Discus sing Zhuangzi's idea about this is of important significance to better and all-round understanding his thought in art and literature.

探讨和研究庄子的这一思想对更好地、全面地理解其文艺思想具有重要的意义和作用。

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The discus landed, but having fallen from such a great height it bounced and violently struck Hyacinthus in the head.

铁饼落地了，但是它的落距如此地大，它回弹了起来并重重击中了雅辛托斯的头部。

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