Yet Norman was one of the intellectual giants of post-war Britain: one of the very few journalists who could bearcomparison with the best brains of his time.
然而，诺曼是战后英国的思想巨人：是可与他同时代的最杰出思想家相媲美的极少数新闻人之一。
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He argued that while Bear Stearns was not that large in comparison to other Wall Street firms, its failure would have had severe ripples throughout the financial system that the Fed could not risk.