• It didn't take Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) to detect that in the summer of 2001, Enron was in a lot of trouble.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The players will meanwhile stay loyal, hopes manager Rick Passmoor, though it's likely that in the summer several will leave for clubs that join the Super League.

    BBC: Leeds reject Super League plans

  • Even before this flow of offal, raw sewage so polluted the shores of Lake Michigan that in the summer of 1854 typhoid and dysentery claimed 60 lives a day in Chicago.

    FORBES: A most unromantic river

  • The SEC had investigated allegations that in the summer of 2001, Mack, then an executive at Credit Suisse, had informed Pequot about a pending deal between General Electric and Heller Financial.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Finally, Schiffer reported that in the summer of 1987, unbeknownst to Shamir, Peres dispatched Avraham Tamir, then Foreign Ministry director general, to Mozambique to meet secretly with PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Confronting Our Subversive Institutions

  • Prosecutors used instant "chat" messages and emails to make the case for jurors that in the summer of 2011 Ms. Lee and Ms. Hou had been discussing ways of committing campaign fraud.

    WSJ: John Liu Aide Testifies on Campaign Finance Allegations

  • Her sentencing comes a day after court papers were made public stating that in the summer of 2012, Ms. Huntley wore a hidden wire and recorded conversations with six state senators, a city councilman and two political aides.

    WSJ: Ex-State Senator Huntley Is Sentenced

  • Most disturbing is Ms Del Ponte's tale of how her team investigated allegations that in the summer of 1999 up to 300 people were kidnapped with the involvement of men, some very senior, from the Kosovo Liberation Army, a guerrilla group.

    ECONOMIST: Carla Del Ponte

  • "It would not be stretching a point to suggest that the Global Village...was essentially born with the worldwide apprehension of, and fascination with, the events in Java that began in the summer of 1883, " he writes (italics in original).

    FORBES: Don't Go Near The Volcano

  • The same refrain is being heard again today as the economy begins a halting recovery from the disastrous financial crisis that began in the summer of 2007.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Recent history has shown that polling in the summer before a Presidential election year is not all that predictive of how an incumbent will do.

    FORBES: Forget April, August Is Cruel to Democrats

  • That's what happened with recent regulations on eggs, he said, because of the salmonella outbreak that occurred over the summer that resulted in the recall of more than 500 million eggs.

    CNN: Advocates: Food safety bill doesn't have teeth

  • This style, found almost nowhere else in Germany, uses dry straw and water reed to build the roofs, resulting in a home that is cool in the summer and warm in winter.

    BBC: Exploring Germany��s northernmost island

  • The main reason is this: Announcing a running mate offers a campaign the rare opportunity to drive a message on its own terms, so why waste that opportunity in the summer when voters are not yet fully tuned in to the campaign?

    CNN: Romney risks playing running mate hand too early

  • Last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. did not add any new jobs to the market and unemployment stood at a steady 9.1% after briefly dipping below that earlier in the summer.

    FORBES: Can Obama's Job Speech Save The Markets?

  • By refocusing our space program on Mars for America's future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration that we knew in the summer of 1969.

    CNN: Commentary: Let's aim for Mars

  • Best of all, his residence stands in a zone that is spared the long power cuts that plague Delhi in the scorching summer months.

    CNN: ONE OF THE PERKS OF THE JOB

  • It was last that high in the summer of 2008, when the banking system was near collapse and Congress was deciding on a bailout.

    FORBES: Obama Looking For Love From Fearful Electorate

  • The air that swept across the parched inland prairie was soft and cool, with just a hint of the humidity that soaks Florida in the summer months.

    BBC: Florida��s newest wildlife refuge

  • It did not even mention the turnabout in public opinion that began in the UK last summer when scientists decided to mount a public campaign to dissuade anti-GMO Green Party protesters from destroying their research.

    FORBES: Connect

  • It's up to you to decide whether these were the options that the UK faced in the summer of 2010 - and whether the government chose the right path, given all the information it had at the time.

    BBC: Eurozone and the UK: A tale of two crises

  • The heating and cooling systems use air that has been earth-tempered drawn into a large tube and passed through the ground, which has a consistent temperature that is cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

    BBC: The futurist: The sustainable Spaceport America

  • Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said back on Aug. 27 that the Fed will do whatever it takes to support the economic recovery that lost its momentum early in the summer.

    FORBES: Wall Street's Silly Attempt To Spin The FOMC Statement As Positive!

  • He also said that any squad restructuring in the summer would be funded predominantly by sales, and that over the past five years the club had "consistently reduced our net transfer spend".

    BBC: Boss sackings add to Chelsea loss

  • Thanet council, Southern Water and the Environment Agency have been criticised in a report into a sewage spill that shut Kent beaches in the summer.

    BBC: Margate

  • We are bidding on a contract to keep five large parks and campgrounds open in Kentucky, in an operation that at its peak in the summer might employ 75 or so people.

    FORBES: Regime Uncertainty and Obamacare

  • Several IMF officials have pointed out in recent days that they had warned about the dangers of bad debt in the US mortgage market that last summer sparked the continuing global financial woes.

    BBC: IMF admits late to act on crunch

  • Then, after the Windsor Castle fire of November 1992, it was agreed that the tax payers should not pick up the bill for restoration, but that Buckingham Palace would be open to the public in the summer and the money raised in that way instead.

    BBC: The changing face of the monarchy

  • Since about 2002, the satellite data record has indicated that the downward trends in summer ice cover have accelerated, with the implication that a seasonally ice-free Arctic ocean may be realized sooner than projected by our most advanced climate models.

    UNESCO: EDUCATION

  • That was, if you recall, there were hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast in the summer of that year, and gas prices spiked over three dollars a gallon.

    NPR: Detroit Feels Pain Of Big Three's Troubles

$firstVoiceSent
- 来自原声例句
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定