He is the first person to be tried on piracy charges in the United States in more than one hundred years.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

So I mean, we tried to be as academic about it as possible in trying to think rigorously through the different results that will guide if we go to different directions.

因此，我们一直尝试,以更为学术的姿态,更为严谨的态度来思考,不同的方式,可能产生的不同结果。

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we tried to anticipate what companies might not be able to file and buy their bonds in advance.

我们试图去预测,什么样的公司可能没有能力发布,然后提前购买它们的债券。

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"I was raised on a small farm in southern Indiana and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers that you should never try to be better than someone else.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

Hassan says it breaks her heart to think that he will be tried as an adult criminal in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

World leaders have already tried to temper expectations, warning that the current crisis did not come about overnight and will not be resolved in such short order either.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

"I was raised on a small farm in southern Indiana and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers that you should never try to be better than someone else, always learn from others and never cease trying to be the best you could be, that is under your control."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05