It describes when someone else accepts responsibility to act in the interests of a child.

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He's going to act in it. And my other roommate is named Christine Kwon.

他会参加演出。另外一个室友叫克里斯汀·权。

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Oh,well,we're in Laodicea. Let's say 'To the Laodiceans,' and we can act like Paul sent it just to us."

比如在老底嘉的人填上“致老底嘉教会“,它就成了保罗寄给老底嘉都会的信“

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The prosecutions were pursued privately by the council under Section 178 of the Town and Country Planning Act in which it as an "offence to wilfully obstruct" a local planning authority taking enforcement action.

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One of the NAACP attorneys who argued the case, Debo Adegbile, said when Congress renewed the Voting Rights Act in 2006, it understood that the act makes sure minority inclusion is considered up front.

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"The government figured it had to step in, it had to act before things got much worse, so it came in, it shut Washington Mutual down and arranged to sell it, " Zarroli says.

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