But the drive for health-care reform ran headlong into opposition Republicans eager to regain their political footing after suffering defeat in the 2008 election.

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Milton's language doesn't have the same kind of headlong rush that most declarative English sentences have.

弥尔顿的语言不像大部分英语陈述句一样,直接把意思说明白。

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