Appearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, the president said he wants U.S.businesses to remain engaged and competitive on the world stage, but that offshore tax havens must be eliminated.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

So they kept track of country-by-country, when cases of smallpox occurred, and as it was eliminated from regions of the country, they then certified those regions to be smallpox free.

它跟踪调查了一个又一个国家,记录天花在这个国家中何时发生,又是何时清除的,并确证这个区域已经没有天花

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"As a human being and particularly as a citizen of the only country ever to suffer such a nuclear catastrophe, I believe with all my heart and soul that these horrific weapons must be eliminated."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Valeriy Gabisov of the independent Civil Rights Committee noted that corruption exists everywhere and can at best be minimized, not eliminated.

VOA: standard.2009.05.15

He says the threat of terrorism cannot be completely eliminated but the dual strategy of decapitating the leadership and confronting its ideology will limit its effectiveness in the future.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

"Already we have identified substantial savings, and in the days and weeks ahead, we will continue going through the budget, line by line, and we will identify more than 100 programs that will be cut or eliminated,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.25