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Blackcheetah Posted 18 years ago
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Please do me a favor to paraphrase this sentence for me

0I believe that the powers that be hoped that the story would just go away, that nobody would pay attention to it," he said. "If a noose were found at a synagogue in downtown [Washington] D.C., the local PD would respond and then the FBI would respond shortly thereafter.02br
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00"he" here refer to the plainstiff who was troubled by the time lag between the incident and the investigation.02br
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00I just couldn't take the structure of his words. could anyone paraphrase his words for me? thank you in advance.0100startclickprintexclude00>0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I believe that the powers that be hoped that the story would just go away, that nobody would pay attention to it," he said. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00I just couldn't take the structure of his words. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I believe that the powers that be hoped that the story would just go away, that nobody would pay attention to it," he said.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00I just couldn't take the structure of his words.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I believe that the powers that be hoped that the story would just go away, that nobody would pay attention to it," he said. "If a noose were found at a synagogue in downtown [Washington] D.C., the local PD would respond and then the FBI would respond shortly thereafter.02font02br
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0Thanks, Clive02br
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00I am just confused especially about the first part of the words:"00I believe that the powers that be hoped that the story would just go away, that nobody would pay attention to it". According to your paraphrase, "the powers"(the authorities) should be the subject, and "hope"should be verb whereas the left should be object. So what is the usage o
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0Hi,02br
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00Let's break the sentence into parts.02br
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01font00I believe that 01b00(the powers that be) 02b00hoped that the story would just go away, 02font02br
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01b00'The powers that be'02b00 means 01b00'the powers that are', 'the powe
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0Thank you very much. I've got it by your help.0-
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0 Clive,02br
00I know this has nothing to do with the response you gave, but you paraphrase this for me? 02br
01i00"the ethic of accountability and care both favor retaining the combat exclusion, although for diametrically opposed reasons -- the former on the basis that women are bluntly, ‘not good enough;’ the latter because they are ‘too good’02i0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I know this has nothing to do with the response you gave, but you paraphrase this for me? 02font02br
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01font01i00"the ethic01b01font00s02font00 02b00of accountability and care both favor retaining

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