"This breaks the major rule in the American belief system-that anyone can do anything," explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will... and Ms. Markova's business partner.

瑞恩是2006年出版的著作《今年我将……》一书的作者以及马克瓦女士的商业合作伙伴，她解释说：“这打破了美国信念体系里的主要规则—任何人都可以做任何事。”

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It was encouraged during the American occupation in the belief that such Western ways might promote democracy and erode the patriarchal household system.

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The atmospherics surrounding volunteering (the whole First Family was involved, as was Vice-President Biden) can seem saccharine or even self-righteous but make no mistake: the fact that such volunteering is actually as widespread as it is, and not just on an arbitrary Day of Service, does say much about the American system and, indeed, our belief in the limits of government.

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