While many U.S.cities have suffered because of the recession, one town in the southern state of Alabama, has fared surprisingly well.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

The U.S. Is actually an important country for regulation because it has been a model for much of the regulations around the world.

在监管方面,美国确实是一个重要的国家,美国的监管制度已成为各国的模板

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Well, I am from Spain, so I knew I wanted to come to the U.S. because of the system.

嗯，我是西班牙人，所以我知道我想到美国，因为美国的教育体系。

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And because of the alleged fraud, in late January, the U.S.government suspended $7 million from the Education Sector Support Program.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The SEC was very controversial at first because it was seen as interfering with business and the U.S. Has been built on principles of individual freedom; this seemed like unnecessary government intrusion.

起初,证券交易委员会引起了许多争议,因为人们认为它会干扰商业运作,个人自由是美国的立国之本,政府的干预似乎并非必要

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Analysts have also been skeptical of this claim because the Pakistani Taliban have been targeting Pakistan, not the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

All right, q has to be just the opposite of this because we've already figured out that there's no change in u.

好，q一定与它,相差一个符号，因为我们已经,指出U是不变的。

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"Because 20 years after the end of the Cold War, the U.S.-Russian relationship has to be about more than just security and arms control."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

So one of the things that the Allies very specifically wanted to do in World War II was to hijack one of these devices, take it from a U-boat because if they had this physical machine, certainly can they start decrypting then the German messages.

所以同盟国在二战中想做的一件事,就是劫持其中一个装置，携带在U型潜水艇中，因为如果他们拥有了这种物理装置，他们就可以解码,德国人的密文。

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The U.S.State Department has a travel advisory for Timbuktu because of past terrorist activities in the region by the group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

It's something that permeates the portfolio and, I think, provides really interesting investment opportunities because a lot of the foreign markets are less efficiently priced than those that you find in the U.S.

渗入了整个投资组合,并提供了很有吸引力的盈利机会,因为很多国外市场,没有美国国内市场程度的有效定价

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But former CIA officer Robert Grenier says the claim may well be true because of their threats of retaliation over U.S.drone aircraft attacks against the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

You wonder, you know, maybe they're over imitating; maybe we were just lucky or maybe it was because the U.S. was the first, in some ways, to develop some of these financial institutions-- or one of the first.

你会怀疑,也许他们的模仿过于盲目,美国的成功,也许源于运气,也许从某方面来说,美国是第一个建立这些金融制度的国家,或者说是首批之一

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Arizona Republicans say the state needed to take action because U.S.officials have failed to enforce existing laws that could stop the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

Afghan analyst Candace Rondeaux of the International Crisis Group says that puts the United States in an awkward position because the U.S.and Mr.Karzai are inextricably linked in Afghan minds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

U.S.authorities have closed to fishing because of the spill.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

"There is a perception that the U.S. does not really want democracy in the Muslim world because of the fear of what might come out of that and,in particular, that Islamist parties might prevail."

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

It is like a miracle." African Union Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra says the deal reached in Addis Ababa will not be enough to remove A.U.sanctions imposed on Madagascar because of the coup.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Brazil dominated the match overall, but trailed the United States until the final minutes of the game because of two early U.S.goals the first by Clint Dempsey in the 10th minute and the second by Landon Donovan in the 37th.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

Although a major oil producer, Iran must import most of its gasoline because of a lack of refining capacity, creating what U.S.lawmakers have long seen as a crucial point of leverage with Tehran over its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Does it need refinement in some way?" "And if it does need some adjustment in light of the events that have taken place over the last number of months, including the election and so on, and then what are the implications of that in terms of General McChrystal's resource request?" The secretary said the United States will not abandon its core mission in Afghanistan, which President Obama described as the destruction of the al-Qaida terrorist network, because it is "critical" to U.S.national security.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23