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But his book,"Dirty Politics, Dirty Times", offers insights into an eventful life: his childhood years in Belize, a poor country in Central America, when it was British Honduras; his admiration for military heroes; his charity work; his colourful business career, which started in the cleaning and security industries; how he likes to retreat to one of his yachts during crises.

但是在《肮脏的政治肮脏的时代》这本书中，他对自己富有传奇色彩的经历有一番深刻的描写：他的童年在中美洲穷国伯利兹度过，当时哪里还是英属洪都拉斯。他仰慕军中的英雄并且热衷慈善。从保洁和安保行业起家，他开始了丰富多彩的经商生涯。危机当中，他非常喜欢隐退到自己的某一艘游艇上。

The water quality study was conducted in a section of the distribution system of Tegucigalpa, Honduras and evaluated the inuence of iron and PVC pipe materials on the concentrations of soluble and particulate iron and manganese, and determined the composition of scales formed on PVC and iron pipes.

在特古西加尔巴首都洪都拉斯输水管道的一个区域进行了水质研究和有关铁及PVC管材料对水中溶解的和颗粒性的铁和锰浓度的影响的评价，并确定了管网水在PVC和铁质管材的作用下形成的一系列化合物。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。