And for all Thursday's celebrations - big and small the skies in Beijing were clear and blue, a striking departure from the heavy fog of a day earlier.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

He believed in a strong central state, which was a real departure for him from the rest of the pro-slavery writers.

他坚信有个强大的中央政府,在亲奴主义作家中,他的理论着实是个大飞跃

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And that is, in fact, one of the important points of departure for this poem.

其实这就是，这也是他诗歌创作的一种尝试。

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In an interview with the Associated Press prior to his departure, the president spoke of his desire to break free of the last vestiges of the Cold War.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

In what he called a departure from the Bush administration, Brennan said President Obama strongly believes that the United States can no longer let the "war on terror" dictate the nation's international agenda.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

White House officials are sticking to a prediction they say is based on conversations with congressional Democratic leaders, that a vote in the House of Representatives can be achieved before the president's scheduled departure March 18 on a trip to Guam, Indonesia and Australia.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10