I'm sure that one reason that I went to law school was because it was clear to me what I would need to do to win praise.
我确信我去学法律的理由之一是我得为赢得表扬做点什么，这一点对我来说再明确不过了。
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Jones's lawyers had appealed her case to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, but the governing case law was clear: if the Court of Appeals followed its own decisions, I would win the appeal.
After all, the lesson from the last few months has been very clear: When bankers gamble with other people's money, it's heads they win, tails the rest of us lose.