Here is House minority leader John Boehner. "I know the president is doing the hard sell on this bill, telling Democrat members that his presidency is on the line, but this vote is not about saving a presidency or saving a politician, this is about doing the right thing for the American people."

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Name me a modern American president who won the presidency without at least some success in the states of the old Confederacy.

谁能告诉我现代哪一位美国总统,能够在失去南方诸州支持后,还能赢得总统大选的

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And we did a presentation on his foreign policy over his 12 year presidency.

我们展示了一下他在12年的总统任期之间的外交政策。

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Some Whig leaders remembered how William Henry Harrison had won the presidency for the party by campaigning as a military hero.

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Now senator, you're here at Google and I like to think of the presidency as a job interview.

参议员，您现在在Google，我想,把总统之职作为一个求职面试。

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Haris Silajdzic, a member of Bosnia's three-member presidency, took part in those talks and praised Richard Holbrooke's diplomatic skill.

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Edward Kennedy never won the presidency, but became a long- serving and important member of the United States Senate.

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This week, Democrats in Congress gave Barack Obama an important victory a week into his presidency.

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Stephen Hess is a political scientist who studies the presidency at the Brookings Institution in Washington.

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He said, "The election of a man to the presidency by the American people, under the Constitution, is no reason for any attempt to dissolve this glorious nation."

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His presidency comes to a close at a time of economic crisis.

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And he was easily elected to a second presidency.

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Reports at the time said more than Many analysts say it was a low point of Mr.Saakashvili's presidency.

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Political analysts say Mr.Obama's decision on whether to send more U.S.troops to Afghanistan is likely to be a turning point in his presidency.

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A year ago,he was campaigning for the presidency on the presumption that Iraq was a big mistake and we needed to focus on Afghanistan.

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He suggests his opponent may just servethe interests of the Social Democrats, who he claims try to have a remote control over the presidency.

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But in his conciliatory mood Saturday, Mr.Ravalomanana suggested he would not object to a constitutional change that would allow his arch-rival to seek the presidency.

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U.S.Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice told reporters on Wednesday that the highlight of the U.S.presidency will be a summit-level Security Council meeting on nuclear non-proliferation.

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Should a new deadlock arise over the office of the presidency, the current Communist President Voronin is expected to remain in office until another election is held sometime next year.

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"The U.S.presidency now approaches and presents a positive change.

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Speaking to reporters in Brussels, to have Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of Sweden, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, said the time is not right for recognizing a Palestinian state.

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His presidency began before a crowd a million strong, but when the cheering stopped, he was one man dealing with overlapping crises: an economy in free fall and two unpopular wars.

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Analysts caution that the still influential Communists have a chance to retain the presidency, in any event, because pro-European parties do not have enough votes to choose one of their own.

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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.

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(Speaking) While much admired around the world, the announcement still came as a surprise as some Nobel observers believe it is too early in his presidency for Barack Obama to receive the award.

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A believer in independence from the rest of Cyprus, Eroglu has staked his claim to the presidency by accusing the incumbent, Mr.Talat of failing in talks with Greek Cypriots aimed at resolving their territorial dispute.

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In particularly blunt criticism, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek of the Czech Republic, which currently holds the EU presidency, blasted the Obama administration's stimulus plan as "a way to hell" and a threat to world financial markets.

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With President Obama reported to have told wavering Democratic lawmakers that vote could well determine the success of his presidency, he traveled a few kilometers from the White House to suburban Virginia to make a high visibility public appeal.

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