U.S.envoy George Mitchell met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but failed to achieve a breakthrough on a halt to Jewish settlement expansion.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Typically, they'll write a letter saying, congratulations we have great news! We have some new breakthrough and in celebration of this we're going to pay everyone a 5% stock dividend.

一般来说,他们会写封信说,恭喜,有好消息了,业绩有所突破,为表示庆祝,我们将,给每人增发5%的股票股利

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In the life sciences, the journal's editors noted advances in gene therapy something that has long seemed on the verge of a breakthrough.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

A dialogue held in 2006 with separatist leaders opposed to Indian rule failed to produce a breakthrough.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

"So this could be, certainly it was heralded at the time of the Geneva meeting, as a breakthrough in terms of opening channels more widely with the Iranians."

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

The leaders are under pressure to achieve a breakthrough before the EU summit in December, when Turkey could be sanctioned for its refusal to open its ports and airports to Cypriot traffic.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

Speaking a day after the Islamic militant group Hamas handed over the tape in exchange for the release of 20 female Palestinian prisoners, Noam Shalit said he does not expect a breakthrough.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

Doctor Supachai Rerks-Ngarm, who led the study for the Thai Ministry of Public Health,called it a scientific breakthrough.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

The video for her song "Boom" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Breakthrough Video.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

It can be hard to treat. Breakthrough pain is a pain that strikes suddenly.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

And that focus has paid off. Demong and Lodwick led a U.S.breakthrough at last year's World Championships in Liberec, the Czech Republic.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

But Disney's big breakthrough came when he did an animated cartoon starring a lowly rodent.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

Although many so-called "new" artists are veteran performers, the rules stipulate they may be considered if they achieved a significant breakthrough during the current eligibility period.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

But he says the action taken by the Iraqi parliament is a significant breakthrough.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called the deal an important breakthrough at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of Sweden, which currently holds the rotating European Union presidency.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

U.S.President Barack Obama called it a "significant breakthrough."

VOA: standard.2009.11.09