Please do me a favor to paraphrase this sentence for me

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0I 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.02br02br00"he" here refer to the plainstiff who was troubled by the time lag between the incident and the investigation.02br02br00I just couldn't take the structure of his words. could anyone paraphrase his words for me? thank you  in advance.0100startclickprintexclude00&gt;0-

Clive · Accepted Answer

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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01font00"he" here refer to the plainstiff who was troubled by the time lag between the incident and the investigation.02font02br
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01font00I just couldn't take the structure of his words. could anyone paraphrase his words for me?02font02br
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01b00I believe that the powers that be hoped that the story would just go away, that nobody would pay attention to it,"02b00 I think the authorities hope that people will pay no attention to the story if they (the authorities) are slow to respond to take action about the incident02br
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01b00If 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.02b00 In contrast, if the incident involved a hate crime against Jews, the authorities would all take action quickly.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

Blackcheetah · Answer

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 of "that be". 02br
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00Thanks again.0-

Clive · Answer

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 powers that exist'02b00. It's a standard phrase often used when referring to01b00 'the authorities'02b00.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

Blackcheetah · Answer

0Thank you very much. I've got it by your help.0-

Anonymous · Answer

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-

Clive · Answer

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 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’02i02font02br
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01font01i00"the ethic01b01font00s02font00 02b00of accountability and care 00The meaning here is not totally clear.02i02font02br
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00Women should not be allowed to fight as soldiers for two opposite reasons. One reason is that they are not good enough. The other reason is that they are too good.02br
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01i00'Not good enough' relates to their fighting ability. 'Too good' probably relates to their moral character. It's not totally clear without more context.02i02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

Anonymous · Answer

Sonnets of William Shakespeare
Sonnet 6

VI.

Then let not winter's ragged hand deface
In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill'd:
Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place
With beauty's treasure, ere it be self-kill'd.
That use is not forbidden usury,
Which happies those that pay the willing loan;
That's for thyself to breed another thee,
Or ten times happier, be it ten for one;
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:
Then what could death do, if thou shouldst depart,
Leaving thee living in posterity?
Be not self-will'd, for thou art much too fair
To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.

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