"Every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they've got.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

It's a pseudo-initiative seminar, which is a special course that Princeton University has our interests in a certain topic and are able to find a professor who is willing to teach and able to teach that topic.

课程是源于一个匿名研讨会，它是普林斯顿大学提供的一门特殊课程,学生们可就自己对某一话题的兴趣，has，for，students，to…,寻找那些愿意,并且能够教导该方面知识的教授。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Some people say lobbying supports special interests at the expense of the public interest.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

"Every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they have got.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

"I won't stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"So the only question left is this: Are we going to let the special interests win once again?

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

"We're also seeing a clash between politics and special interests in rich countries contrasted very sharply with real impacts for people in the developing world,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

"At times the contentious battle is between the interests of the masses, the public,of the nation, of the people,and the interests of a special elite group, either family,cronies or political elements.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21