This week on our series, Sarah Long and Richard Rael discuss relations between the Mormons and the federal government.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

Every polity seeks its own advantage against others, making relations between states a condition of unremitting war of all against all.

每一个政体都在追寻自身的利益,而非他者，国家间的联盟,是一种全面战争的条件，持续性的永恒对抗。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

We can see how whether it's the same person or not has to turn on the relations between the stages.

我们可以看到，是否为同一人,必须依赖于人在两个时期的关系。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

President Pierce agreed. Relations between the Mormons and the government did not improve in the next three years.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

I had an opportunity in the late 80s and early 90s, working with a small foundation in New York, to begin cultural activities in Vietnam before normalization of relations between the US and Vietnam.

我在八十年代末九十年代初曾经有幸，在纽约的一个小型基金会工作，和越南开展一些文化活动,那时美国和越南还未实现外交关系正常化。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Good relations between Hawaii and the United States were necessary to keep the port open to American ships.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

Later in the Republic you will see, not that much later even, Socrates will argue that the best city may be characterized by peace and harmony at home, but this will never be so for relations between states.

稍后在《理想国》中就会读到，而且就快读到了，苏格拉底会强调,最优的城市特点是,举国和平与和谐，但永远不存在于,国际关系之中。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

His arrival led to the establishment of diplomatic and trade relations between the United States and Japan.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

To use some philosophical jargon, the nature of identity seems like it should depend only on intrinsic facts about me or perhaps relational facts about the relations between my stages.

用哲学术语来说，身份的本质似乎应该只取决于关于我的内在事实,或是关于我在两个时期关系的事实。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But relations between workers and growers in California worsened under a new state government.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

Rather they presuppose relations that is to say political relations not between lovers or even best friends of some kind but between civic partners who may in fact be intensely rivalrous and competitive with one another for positions of political office and honor.

相反地，他们假设的关系,确切地说是政治关系,并非介于爱人或甚至是最好朋友间的关系,而是介于公民伙伴间,他们可能处于,彼此紧张敌对或竞争的关系,以求争得政治官位或荣誉。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He promised to rebuild relations between the United States and the Islamic world.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Early relations between the Indians and the settlers moving West were mostly peaceful.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

He saw little progress. Relations between the United States and Spain became tense.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

There are no diplomatic relations between North Korea and the United States.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

"Nobody opposes better relations between the United States and Russia.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

And relations -- friendly or hostile must continue between them.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

The senior officials meeting Sunday talked about improving trade relations between their Pacific Rim economies by simplifying documentation requirements and procedures.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Relations between the two countries have been strained for a year because of a disputed ancient temple on their border.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

That arrest led to Rwanda asking the German government to recall its ambassador, seriously straining relations between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

Officials in Tokyo have expressed confidence they would win any legal confrontation, which threatens to destabilize relations between the Asia-Pacific partners.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

It would be a rare-face-to-face encounter between diplomats of the two countries, which have not had formal relations in 30 years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The attacks on Indian students in Melbourne and Sydney have strained diplomatic relations between Canberra and New Delhi.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

The incident severely strained the bond between Turkey and Israel, which until recently had enjoyed relatively warm relations.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

The U.S.-Burma meetings this week follow signs of a possible thaw in relations between the military government and Aung San Suu Kyi.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

It is a positive move that would lead to more understanding and relations between the United States and other countries, including Egypt.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

The airing of the controversial program caused outrage in Tel Aviv and is the latest strain on relations between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

However,the zone has run into a series of serious complications amid worsening relations between North and South.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

Critics say the similarities between the two leaders also extend to their close relations with the United States and unpopular policies at home.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

The two countries have not had formal relations since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution and interaction between the two countries' diplomats has been infrequent.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24