That still leaves Afghanistan. On Wednesday,by a wide majority, the United States House of Representatives rejected a call for a quick withdrawal of American troops.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

It wasn't immediately renewed -- because the United States got into a war that we call The War of 1812.

许可证并没有立即被更新,因为当时美国卷入了一场战争,被我们叫做1812年战争。

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So, you assign values to very specific states of matter and call those the reference points for your temperature. For instance, freezing of water or boiling of water, the standard ones.

那么你对物质的,某些特殊状态指定数值,把它们叫做你的温度的参考点,比如水的冰点或沸点,它们都是标准。

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His calls for Arab nationalism largely ignored, he turned his attention south, leading a call for a United States of Africa, and being named "king of kings" by tribal leaders on the continent.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

It kind of was a wake up call in Germany because they were watching with amusement the subprime crisis in the United States and here it was causing losses to the German Government.

这次危机震醒了德国,当初德国还把,美国次贷危机当笑话看,德国政府付出了沉重的代价

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