A popular expression used at the time was MGM had "more stars than there are in heaven."

VOA: special.2009.05.31

My guess is that 9:00 is not going to be a tremendously popular time, but maybe you'll surprise me.

我的猜测是九点的课时,不会是特别受欢迎的时间，但是可能你们会给我点儿惊喜。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Sometimes things go awry and what happens is a phrase that's not currently used in psychology but was popular during Freud's time: hysteria.

当防卫机制不起作用时,就会造成一种病症,其名称在如今的心理学领域已经不常用到,但在弗洛伊德的时代,这是个非常流行的名称：,这就是癔症。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The architect designed the mansion similar to a style popular at the time in Paris.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

We've talked--we spent a lot of time talking about that--the most popular music, virtually all of it--although after the fact people try to write it down.

我们说过，我们花了很长时间讨论过，大部分流行乐　,可以说是所有流行乐，虽然事实上人们确实会想把它写下来。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

"It was during Zia's time that he not only overthrew the government and executed a popular elected populist President Bhutto, but he also invited the Wahabis in from the Gulf in order to counter the Shia revivalism that he feared coming in from Iran."

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

and at a time of popular insurrections in all sorts of countries.

在那个年代,欧洲各国都民怨沸腾,起义不止

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

A Western diplomat close to the EU meeting in Harare told VOA it is clear that Mr.Mugabe is blocking full compliance with the political agreement in order to buy time to rebuild ZANU-PF, which has been weakened by internal quarrels and a loss of popular support, even in its traditional strongholds.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15