The North had not won a decisive victory in Virginia, the heart of the Confederacy.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

A different way of putting it-- and none of this is going to come in with a sharp, decisive theory.

从另一个角度来看-,注意，我现在讲的内容,目前都没有一个明确的理论。

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So the narrative in the first part of Joshua, Joshua 2 to 12, describes the invading Israelites as an organized confederation of 12 tribes whose conquest is accomplished in a few decisive battles under the military leadership of Joshua.

因此《约书亚书》前一部分的叙述，从第2章到12章，描述了侵略者以色列作为有组织的联盟,由12个支派组成，他们在决定性战役中成功征服,在约书亚的军事率领之下。

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"What you have seen in the United States is decisive action by the administration through the plan further outlined by Secretary Geithner yesterday.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

But it should never be done in a manner which confirms Russia's unfounded claims to be the decisive force in this part of Europe."

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Kunda Dixit,editor of Nepali Times, says the three main parties are refusing to step aside because they want a decisive say in the writing of the new constitution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

In 2009,Russians marked 300 years since their country defeated Sweden in the decisive Battle of Poltava, in which Russia replaced that Scandinavian country as the great power of Northern Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"What we're going through in asking ourselves, 'Okay,we know what the goal is, is what we're going most likely to achieve that goal, is what a very decisive and intelligent commander-in-chief would do,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

"So if you get an audience of 10 million people there's a lot of 'don't knows' who watch you and what you say, what you do,in those 90 minutes could be quite decisive."

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

Since the financial crisis began in the United States (in 2007), US officials are under pressure to assure their counterparts that they are taking decisive action to safeguard and repair the banking system.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24