中立议员

Lord Harris of High Cross, economist and freedom-fighter, died on October 19th, aged 81

中立议员哈里斯爵士，一名经济学家，为自由而战的斗士，于十月十九日逝世，享年八十一岁

He did not oppose safety nets, only "hammocks". When Mrs Thatcher made him a life peer, her first such appointment, he chose to sit on the cross-benches where he could vote as he pleased, as a "radical reactionary" or, more accurately, a classical liberal. Offered a coat of arms, he refused it because he could not adorn it with Adam Smith's invisible hand.

他不反对社会应让穷人有安全感，但反对"吊床"，当撒切尔夫人唯一任命他为终身贵族时，他选择成为一名中立议员，那样就可以把票投给自己青睐之人，作为一名"偏激的反动者"，更准确一点，一名古典自由主义者，他拒绝了国徽，因为他认为不能戴着国徽来信奉亚当·斯密之无形的手原理。

The risk for the eventual nominee, whether Mrs Clinton or Mr Obama, is that an alienated group might tend to stay at home in November—or, worse, send a bundle of votes to a centrist Republican xenophile like John McCain. If that happens, the White House could be lost.

笑到最后的被提名者，无论是希拉里还是奥巴马，面临的真正风险是：被他们疏远的群体很有可能在11月份的时候选择干脆呆在家里；比这个还糟糕的可能就是他们把手中的一些选票投给了共和党McCain这样的亲外派中立议员。

That classic Taoist quoted in Putonghua by the Swiss Federal Councilor and head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs reflects how eager the Swiss government is to attract Chinese companies to a country "that is neutral…but far from flavorless".

那句来自瑞士联邦议员兼联邦经济事务部领导用普通话说出的老子明言反映出瑞士政府对吸引中国企业到瑞士－中立而不失吸引力的国家－投资的重视。

Chris Van Hollen, a congressman from Maryland who has remained neutral because he is the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, argues that superdelegates should not overturn the will of elected delegates unless "some totally unpredictable event", like a scandal, renders the leading candidate unelectable.

马里兰州国会议员Chris Van Hollen至今仍保持中立只因为他是民主党国会选举委员会主席，他说超级代表们一般不应该推翻选举产生的投票代表们的决定，除非发生了什么&意料之外的问题&，例如突如其来的丑闻使领先的候选人无法当选。

The writer is emeritus professor of political economy at Warwick university, contributes a fortnightly column to Vedomosti and is an independent crossbench peer in the House of Lords

本文作者为华威大学政治经济学荣誉教授，为俄罗斯商业日报Vedomosti一个隔周出版的专栏供稿，同时还是英国上议院独立的中立议员。

The man who claims to be a "post-partisan" centrist seems to be channelling the spirit of William Jennings Bryan, the original American populist, who thunderously demanded to know "Upon which side shall the Democratic Party fight—upon the side of 'the idle holders of idle capital' or upon the side of 'the struggling masses'?"

标榜自己为&泛党人士&的中立派议员似乎为威廉姆，詹宁斯，布莱安精神开辟了新渠道，威廉姆，詹宁斯，布莱安是美国民粹主义创始人，他强烈要求知道民主党应该为谁而战——是为有闲钱的闲人，还是劳苦的大众？

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。