The challenge as a writer was to try to figure out why it governed the way it did — and how it got away with it for so long — and, dare I say it, to have fun chronicling each new outrage.

一个作者面临的挑战是要试图弄明白为什么它那样去统治——它怎么可以在那么长时间得逞——还有，我要这么说，要把每一次暴行载入史册。

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This is where it's easiest to say that players are learning how to process data and figuring out how it fits together in game form.

这很有力地说明了，玩家在游戏中不断学习如何处理数据，以及根据游戏规则来解决各种问题。

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The first is that its vagueness may come to be seen as a symptom of how hard it would be to carry out—that, say, domestic objections in France or Germany could thwart it.

首先便是其含糊的言辞，这也许可以表明计划实施的困难之大——比如法国与德国国内的反对之声，可对实施产生阻碍。

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Industry analysts say it is hard to predict how all this will turn out.

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As a result, Hiramatsu and other reformers are challenging the system, demanding greater authority to raise money and more say over how it's doled out.

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How it will all play out is impossible to say.

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