As a general rule, the election night phone call is something of a social prop, a symbolic end point - or in some cases a physical spectacle.

一般来说，大选之夜的让步电话是一种社会支持，一个象征性的终点—或者在某种情况下一个物理景观。

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South Africans went to the polls in the fourth general election since the beginning of black-majority rule in 1994.

南非开始自1994年黑人占统治地位以后的第四轮大选。

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A general election scheduled for November 9th follows a year of direct royal rule, during which time some 30 laws were passed.

经过持续了一年的王族直接统治，十一月9日，约旦计划展开大选。在王族统治的这段时间里通过了30部法律。

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Staff unions are vehemently opposed to any such move, and are pushing the Labour party to rule out privatisation in its next general election manifesto.

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Giuliani, who teased the electorate by refusing to rule out his own candidacy in the general election, went about his business at his Wednesday morning news briefing.

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Mr Johnson, who has advocated a new airport in the Thames Estuary, warned that the Conservatives would suffer if they did not rule out the move before the next general election.

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