Will opposition to Bernanke torpedo his reconfirmation as Fed chief?

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

The basic idea that's developed is that the Fed is looking at inflation and unemployment as the two major things that it looks at.

基本的观点是,美联储正在将通货膨胀和失业视为,两件重要的事情。

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The Fed is effectively just saying we'll take those assets as collateral for loans to you.

美联储有效率地说,我们将把那些资产视为你们贷款的抵押品。

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And many Republicans criticize the Fed chief himself a Republican for what they see as too much spending.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Most censuses were taken, by the way, as a way of counting heads, the number of people who had to be fed at the time of a siege.

顺便提一下,大多数人口普查,都采用数人头的方法,即在围城期间统计需要给养多少人口

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Yet one American newspaper says he described himself simply as a "corn-fed,country-bred Iowa boy."

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Richard Weindruch explains. "Our data show that there is about a three-fold higher risk of developing a disease of aging in those animals fed the normal diet as opposed to those that have been on caloric restriction since they were adults."

VOA: special.2009.09.01

The Algenol bioreactors also produce oxygen as a byproduct and that can be fed into a power plant to burn coal more cleanly.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02