Prosecutors later dropped all charges. Critics allege that the police acted to discredit and intimidate the anti-corruption organization.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

And fairly soon into the conversation I demonstrated some principle that you've probably learned in your physics class having to do with an object at rest remaining at rest unless acted upon by a force.

很快，在交谈中,我就展示了一些原理,可能你们在物理课上学过,要使静止的物体保持静止,必须有外力作用。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So much more important than historical verifiability is the conviction of the ancient Israelites who received and venerated these traditions, and developed them, and embellished them, that God had once acted on their behalf, rescuing them from bondage, binding them to himself in an eternal covenant.

无比史料证明更重要的是,古代以色列人坚定的信仰,他们接受并且崇敬那些传统，将它们发扬，美化它们，认为上帝曾为了他们而行动，将他们从奴役中解救，在永恒的契约中将他们与上帝联系在一起。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Another way the state governments in the South acted against blacks was by refusing to give them the right to vote.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

I could see Powell on the ground. I did not even think about what to do, I just acted.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

He acted like a father to his thirteen nieces and nephews, the children of his dead brothers.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Paul liked to spend as much time as he could at the theater where Charley Edwards and his group acted in their plays.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

Still,they said, he had acted for good reason: to end slavery in America.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Doctor Lukwiya acted quickly to control the spread of infection.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

Dr. Lukwiya acted quickly to control the spread of infection.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

Guiteau is believed to have acted on his own.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

This acted as a seal to prevent damage.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Instead,he acted out what he wanted to say.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

Lebanese officials continue to insist Israeli forces crossed into Lebanese territory and the Lebanese Army acted in self-defense.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

External pressure, including the reported mediation of U.S.Ambassador Christopher Hill, was heavy to ensure the lawmakers acted.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

One key facet will be to determine if the man charged with the attack, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, acted alone or in concert with others.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

But ministry spokesman Chun Hae Sung tells reporters North Korea quickly acted on other aspects of its threat to cut all communications ties with the South.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Israeli military officials point to video that shows activists hitting the commandos with iron bars and chairs, and say the soldiers acted in self-defense when they opened fire.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Lebanon said the Israelis had crossed into Lebanese territory while trying to prune a cypress tree for better visibility, and that the army acted in self-defense against Israeli "aggression."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Republicans also asserted that the nuclear revelation supports their position that President Obama acted unwisely in altering plans for a European missile shield to defend against future missile launches by Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

He said he acted because a court case was expected to force the release of the documents anyway and because much of the secret information had already been leaked to the news media.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

The Vatican says he had acted properly. Pope Benedict has spoken out publicly about the scandal in Ireland in a letter to the faithful in which he criticized Irish bishops for their handling of such cases.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

who has become one of the most prominent Republican critics of the Obama White House, said the Bush administration acted within legal guidelines to keep America safe after the September 11 2001 attacks on the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21