The Democratic Party of Japan surged to a 308-seat majority, all but confirming party leader Yukio Hatoyama as the country's next leader.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

I mean, the Greeks didn't -- Plato's Symposium, all of these guys are sitting around having a drinking party.

我是说,希腊人不这样 --,在柏拉图的飨宴上,人们坐在那里举行酒宴

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

That's why all these arguments that we all get into these days about third-party political candidates what do we really need in our political culture, what would break apart the stagnation of our two-party system, if that's what people want or put more directly, will Michael Bloomberg run or not?

这就是我们今天为何面对这些争论,关于第三方党派的候选人,也就是我们的政治文化中究竟需要什么,什么能打破我们两党制停滞不前的现状呢,如果这是人民所愿,或者更直接的说,迈克尔.布隆伯格的做法行得通吗

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

All participating countries in the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, with the exception of North Korea, are expected to be in Phuket.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

"The North as you know has been engaged in all sort of behavior. There have been ups and downs in that entire progress, the six-party talks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

Given that he was officially invited by the president of Eritrea and given that Eritrea is not a state party, one could argue that there is no risk at all on President al-Bashir."

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"Kook means the clueless beginner who paddles his surf board out to the other surfers in the lineup and starts chattering away like it's a cocktail party, completely ignores all the finely-tuned protocols of surf that have developed over decades."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Not everyone celebrated when Mihai Ghimpu became the first politician of Moldova's four-party ruling coalition to take office, as parliament speaker: All members of the Communist Party in parliament boycotted the vote and walked out of the legislature.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

"Let us debate the future of the party," "And let us, let all segments of the party come in!" But some of the most prominent voices on the far-right of the Republican Party say Powell no longer has a say.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24