Mr.Netanyahu's support for settlement expansion has strained Israel's all-important relations with Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

And Catherine the Great-- they all like to call themselves "The Great"-- She would make this an important part of her policy, but she doesn't get there either.

凯瑟琳大帝,沙皇都喜欢称自己为"大帝"-,她将黑海列为重要政策,然而她也未能如愿

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Because the Mycenaean centers all reveal for that stretch of time that they're scared. The proof of it comes from strengthening their already quite strong walls in almost all the sites that we see, and also--this is a very important fact.

因为在迈锡尼文明的中心,有迹象表明在一段时期,他们受到了威胁,这样说的证据是,我们发现的几乎所有的遗迹,都在本就很坚固的城墙上继续加固,而且,这是一个很重要的史实

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"To close this important gap in our regulatory structure, legislative action is needed that would subject all systemically-important financial institutions to the same framework for consolidated supervision that currently applies to bank holding companies."

VOA: standard.2009.10.01