The supporting evidence was strong on its own: African-American residents without water had made repeated requests over a period of almost 50 years to remedy the inequity, to no avail.
支持证据本身就很强有力:没有水的非裔美国居民在近50年里曾经多次要求纠正不公平待遇,但是没有结果。
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This I tried —though putting pictures straight is no habit of mine—but it wasof no avail.