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In 2005 the UN invited Martti Ahtisaari, a former Finnish president, to chair talks between Serbia and the Kosovars on the province's future.
2005年，联合国邀请了马尔蒂·阿赫蒂萨里，前芬兰总统来主持塞尔维亚和科索沃关于该自治省未来的谈判。
Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa (neither of them spring chickens) are due to chair sessions.
前联合国秘书长科菲•安南，和南非大主教戴斯蒙德•图图（两人都不是年轻人）将主持会议。
The Americans reportedly want more international participation on the commission and a heavier-weight Israeli to chair it to give it greater credibility.
据报道，美国人希望委员会得到更多的国际参与，并由一个重量级的以色列人来担任主席，以使它更为可靠。

She threw it on the floor. I forced her to get out of her chair to pick the spoon up.
And, Rutherford was invited to occupy the chair and be the director of the Cavendish Laboratory.
卢瑟福被邀请去担任,卡文迪许实验室的主任。
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Okay. Now take your hand on a chair or your notebook, your computer or whatever, and do syncopation off of that according to this pattern.
好的,现在用手拍椅子,或者笔记本,电脑,随便什么,来按照这个模式做切分音
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Makes me wish somebody like Richard Feynman was still around to chair it.
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